NFL likely banning hip-drop tackle

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by comochiefsfan

I don’t really get the outrage over this.

The defender won’t be allowed to drop his entire body weight on the back of someone’s legs. It’s basically the same motion as a horse collar tackle and no one has any problem with that being illegal.

Defenders can be taught to avoid this pretty easily. You can still tackle from behind, you can still go for the legs, you simply can’t drop your whole body weight on the legs which is obviously a very dangerous movement.

What’s the problem?

Not sure how this relates to a horse collar tackle.

How the **** do you tackle a runner from behind with this rule?