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HOUSTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 15: Joe Mixon #28 of the Houston Texans is attended to by medical staff during the second quarter against the Miami Dolphins at NRG Stadium on December 15, 2024 in Houston, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NEXSTAR) – NFL team owners voted to approve several new rules this week, including one that bans the hip-drop tackle, a maneuver ...

ORLANDO — NFL teams are still debating an overhaul to the league’s kickoff rules, but owners passed three new playing rules Monday, including a ban on one form of the hip-drop tackle, and a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The writing was on the wall when the NFL began publicizing its data. The hip-drop tackle, league executives began saying last year, inflicted injury at 25 times the rate of the average ...

Tackling in the NFL looks a bit different than it did last season. After debate over the past few years on whether the hip-drop tackle should be banned, the league announced in March that it would, in ...

The NFL is rescinding the fine it levied against Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith for a hit on Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin in Week 7 that the league originally determined ...

Over the offseason, the NFL officially banned the hip-drop tackling technique. This specific tackle has led to quite a bit of injuries in the league, most notably the injury that sidelined Baltimore ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kenyan Drake sounded off on social media Monday after the NFL banned the swivel hip-drop tackle, a play he’s been trying to get outlawed for years. The veteran running back suffered a ...

"When you drop down on the back of his legs, it's a mass ... and it's 25 times more likely to have a serious injury," Harbaugh said Tuesday, via ESPN. "So, it's really a bad play, and it needed to be ...