Yeah... I don't understand it either: The hip-drop tackle

[Chris]

Putting this here as it happens at the NCAA level too and when the NFL bans it, it will trickle down.
Didn't even know this technique had a label. Now the NFL is headed towards a ban.

Those Tackling Wonks among us, did concern over this age-old hog-tying technique arise in response to the anti-concussion controls of the past decade, it is a response my defenders looking for some way to make the tackle that doesn't clobber somebody's noggin now transmogrifying into avoiding any injuries?

 

[Husker99]

Then how is a defensive player supposed to tackle?

I think at some point we're going to have to acknowlexge that football is a tough and dangerous sport and it is played by people who know and understand the risks. Otherwise, get rid of the pads and give them flags.

 

[Dave]

Meh, moving rapidly to flag football. How exciting,

 

[thankfulredfan]

Football is big business. People prefer to watch games with the best players playing not standing on the sidelines in casts. Defenders had to learn not to lead with their heads. Now they will have to learn to tackle without the hip drop.

 

[SUHnami]

Football is big business. People prefer to watch games with the best players playing not standing on the sidelines in casts. Defenders had to learn not to lead with their heads. Now they will have to learn to tackle without the hip drop.

I don't disagree but the more and more "safer" they make the game, the less interesting it will be to watch. Eventually it'll be flag football and no one will care

 

[valiantsailor]

I don't disagree but the more and more "safer" they make the game, the less interesting it will be to watch. Eventually it'll be flag football and no one will care

The days of blowing up a running back or QB are over. The football gods dont give a hoot about us the fans!

 

[Doc Fumble]

The days of blowing up a running back or QB are over. The football gods dont give a hoot about us the fans!

I'm all for player safety but violent collisions are (IMO) an important part of the game.

In basketball, the slam dunk or the big three-pointer jazzes the crowd and builds the momentum. Once upon a time, a big-time hit did the same thing in football. But too often nowadays, the moment -- and the momentum the hit generated -- gets spoiled by a flag.

 

[Jimbosc]

Speaking of hard hits - one of my favorite sequences from the Longest Yard (the good one - with Burt Reynolds)

 

[Cigarman]

Good grief, how is a ref ever going to call this consistently. Hell, they can't even get a horse collar tackle correct.

 

[MRJFB]

So basically, tackling.

 

[MadRat]

Hip drop is perfectly legit for taking down powerful players. Its not about the technique. They will not stop there in an effort to kill the sport.

 

[SUHnami]

So you can't tackle from the neck up, you can't tackle at the knees, now you can't tackle at the hips. Where do you tackle? The ankles, the chest? Maybe the arm?

 

[RED ED]

So you can't tackle from the neck up, you can't tackle at the knees, now you can't tackle at the hips. Where do you tackle? The ankles, the chest? Maybe the arm?

Grab the flag silly

 

[SUHnami]

Grab the flag silly

If they go flag football. Football is dead. No one is gonna watch.

 

[Doc Fumble]

The irony of all of this is that nowadays, most college teams don't tackle worth a damn. I can't begin to count the number of games I've watched on TV that left me shaking my head in disbelief at how bad the tackling was.

In contrast, this past season's Blackshirt team was the best hard-nosed tackling bunch I'd seen at Nebraska since the Bo and Suh days.

 

[MRJFB]

Next up, the overhand pass.

 

[redfred]

I'm all for player safety but violent collisions are (IMO) an important part of the game.

In basketball, the slam dunk or the big three-pointer jazzes the crowd and builds the momentum. Once upon a time, a big-time hit did the same thing in football. But too often nowadays, the moment -- and the momentum the hit generated -- gets spoiled by a flag.

Yup, explosion=excitement

 

[GIJoeRed]

Next up, the overhand pass.

As long as they don't take away the "hide the FB under jersey" play, I'm OK with it.

 

[SUHnami]

The irony of all of this is that nowadays, most college teams don't tackle worth a damn. I can't begin to count the number of games I've watched on TV that left me shaking my head in disbelief at how bad the tackling was.

In contrast, this past season's Blackshirt team was the best hard-nosed tackling bunch I'd seen at Nebraska since the Bo and Suh days.

That's because at least for Nebraska, teams weren't tackling all the way to the ground. Rhule and White changed that last year.