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Will The NFL Ban Hip-Drop Tackles?

Sports Talk Chicago

Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0832 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul reacts to the NFL’s proposal to ban hip-drop tackles, and explains why it would be a bad idea for the sport. Tune in at 5pm Central on Thursdays to hear Sports Talk Chicago on AM 1230 WJOB and JED TV!

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0:00.0

Now, the NFL also has something else going on.

0:04.4

So NFL draft is going on, Pro Bowl, Super Bowl coming up,

0:07.3

which we're going to get to Wednesday night.

0:10.0

Big Super Bowl previews.

0:11.2

You want to tune into that show.

0:13.6

But an interesting article I saw this morning,

0:16.0

and there was some reaction from former NFL players in this too.

0:19.8

The NFL wants to ban hip drop

0:24.2

tackles. So, you know, tackles where the running backs running and a defender is going to

0:30.6

be behind the running back trying to take him down from behind, usually with his legs and his legs.

0:35.4

And, you know, the whole criticism is it could hurt their ankles, running backs.

0:41.3

Richard Sherman, potentially a future Hall of Hamer, said there,

0:44.9

a desperation wrap-up trying to prevent a ball carrier from gaining extra yards.

0:48.9

That's what this tackle is.

0:50.7

There isn't one player saying, quote,

0:52.5

Ham about to drop my weight on his anchor when I tackle him.

0:55.0

Defense is hard enough

0:56.1

with the rules about roughing the Cuban interference.

0:58.2

This would be overkill.

1:04.4

NFL's chief medical officer, Dr. Alan Seals,

1:07.5

said the league will have a very active

1:09.4

off-season conversation about the maneuver.

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