The tackle that ended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin’s 2024 season was a play the NFL strove to reduce this offseason. On Friday, the NFL fined Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan ...

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 wants hip-drop tackles out of the game completely. Armed with data that showed that the tackling technique is 20 to 25 times more likely to cause an injury than other tackles, NFL teams voted ...

The NFL outlawed the hip-drop tackle this year. Through two weeks of the preseason, the illegal tactic didn’t happen many times. During a media conference call on Thursday, NFL executive V.P. Jeff ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – NFL team owners voted to approve several new rules this week, including one that bans the hip-drop tackle, a maneuver acknowledged as “incredibly injurious” by the chairman of the league’s ...

Two years ago, the NFL banned the hip-drop tackle. And while plenty of fines have been imposed for a technique that can cause lower-extremity injuries for ball carriers, fouls continue to be rarely ...

The NFL’s brutal side of things is often in the limelight for all the bad reasons. While the league is introducing new rules every now and then, the onus is always on protecting the athletes from ...

The tackle that likely ended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin's season resulted in a fine for Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith. Per CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones, the NFL has ...