Texans running back Joe Mixon has missed three games after Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards tackled him using the illegal hip-drop tackle. Edwards was not penalized but was later fined. Mixon, who ...

Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon wants the NFL to put its money where its mouth is after the league didn't enforce its hip-drop tackle rule. Mixon suffered an ankle injury on what he believed to ...

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 ...

Indianapolis Colts running back Salvon Ahmed's NFL season is in jeopardy. And it's due to a reported hip-drop tackle by a teammate during training camp. Ahmed suffered the injury on Sunday. Per ...

Indianapolis Colts running back Salvon Ahmed will miss the entire 2025 season after suffering an ankle injury in practice Sunday, according to ESPN. Ahmed went down during a live tackling period after ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's a big football weekend, and a new NFL rule to stop hip-drop tackles continues to stir up controversy. The NFL analyzed more than 20,000 tackles from the last few seasons,and ...

A ban on the hip-drop tackle, a technique with much higher risk of injury compared to traditional tackles. Next Thursday's kickoff of the NFL season featuring the Baltimore Ravens at the Kansas City ...

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’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 ...

Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Nick Herbig was fined for a hip drop tackle against Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. The play came on a sack when Herbig landed on one of ...