Less ankle & knee injuries is a good thing. Maybe players will, once again, learn to hit & wrap up instead of grab & fall? IMHO a win for player health.
Many of the knee injuries last season were either DB's diving into WR/TE's knees, & LB's hip-dropping RB's. I don't remember seeing CB's hip-dropping on tackles as they're usually moving forward on tackles of RB's. As per usual, the officials will need Tommy John elbow surgery from tossing their flags...but if players aren't getting ACL's torn by D players laying on their knees/ankles I'm OK with the change.
Looks like a tackle to me.
Notice the full body weight of tackler landing on ball carrier's ankles/knees? If we, as fans, are ok with players losing season(s) to preventable injuries then let them play. Imho, hip-drop is an efficient, yet dangerous technique that should go the way of clothesline, horsecollar, & chop block.
No kidding. And a 17 game season. League is just picking as many nits around the edges that they can hoping it all adds up to something meaningful.
I'm for this new rule only if an offensive player gets flagged 15 and loss of down for leaping to avoid being tackled.
IMO in the long run this will lead to less injuries than it will to penalties eventually.
Hopefully that is the case. I just feel there is going to be a grey area, and some penalties will be called, that shouldn't, and will effect the game. I feel that if a flag is thrown, it should be reviewed to confirm the call... at least for the first year, while players and refs adjust.
We used that tackle when we were 12 years old. You had to tackle someone 3 years older and it was like trying to pull down a Brahma bull.
Dated a girl back in the day that I could have used one of these. I learned afterwards.
