Richard Sherman, NFL players rip potential rule change that would ban ‘hip-drop’ tackle

The latest announcement that the NFL might be taking a more in-depth look into “hip-drop” tackles didn’t go over effectively with most of the league’s defensive gamers.

Retired cornerback Richard Sherman, who was a member of the Seattle Seahawks’ “Legion of Increase,” voiced his displeasure concerning the chance the league might ban that kind of sort out.

Cowboys operating again Tony Pollard suffered a excessive ankle sprain and a fractured fibula after he was grabbed from behind by defensive again Jimmie Ward throughout a divisional spherical playoff recreation in January.

League Chief Medical Officer Allen Sills revealed the NFL can have “very lively offseason dialog” about that model of sort out. 

Sills’ announcement is according to a January report from The Washington Put up that the NFL’s competitors committee will assessment the “mechanics” of the sort out that injured Pollard.

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“Hip-drop” tackles traditionally have been related to ankle and leg accidents as a result of method through which defenders drop their physique weight to the turf whereas making an attempt to sort out ball carriers from behind.

Tony Pollard (20) of the Dallas Cowboys is assisted by medical employees after struggling an damage in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers in the course of the second quarter in an NFC divisional playoff recreation at Levi’s Stadium Jan. 22, 2023, in Santa Clara, Calif.
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Sherman was named to 5 Professional Bowls throughout his 11-year profession. He spent this season as a tv analyst for “Thursday Evening Soccer.” He pushed again in opposition to the thought of a possible ban on the sort out, calling it “overkill.”

“A desperation wrap up making an attempt to stop a ball provider from gaining further yards,” Sherman wrote on Twitter. “There isn’t one participant saying “hey I’m about to drop my weight on his ankle once I sort out him.” Protection is Laborious sufficient with the foundations about roughing the QB and interference. This is able to be overkill.”

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered an ankle damage within the playoffs on an analogous sort out.

Mahomes’ ankle was rolled over when Jacksonville Jaguars cross rusher Arden Key fell on Mahomes’ leg as Key tried to sack the quarterback within the first half of a divisional playoff recreation.

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) holds his ankle in ache within the first quarter of an AFC divisional playoff recreation in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars Jan. 21, 2023, at GEHA Subject at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Mo.
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Sherman was not the one critic to weigh in on a assessment of the sort out. Steelers defensive sort out Cam Heyward replied, “So dumb… they making an attempt to make defenders extinct lol”

“That is so silly. How on earth are we ever going to get guys on the bottom. They considering an excessive amount of,” Heyward additionally wrote earlier Saturday.

Dolphins security Jevon Holland was additionally not in favor of the attainable rule change, saying, “It is getting outta hand now.”

Jets cornerback Michael Carter II expressed disbelief.

There has not been any official choice on enacting a rule change because it pertains to the “hip-drop” sort out.

The NFL has beforehand altered its guidelines to ban horse-collar tackles and low hits on quarterbacks as a result of danger of damage.