The NFL spent the offseason defining -- and then outlawing -- the dangerous hip-drop tackle with some level of conversation and controversy. In Week 1, there were no flags for such a tackle. But that ...

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 NFL’s ban on the hip-drop tackle came with a specific instruction to officials — only throw a flag for it when it’s clear and obvious. One thing that’s clear and obvious is there’s nothing clear ...

The NFL wants hip-drop tackles out of the game completely. Armed with data that showed that the tackling technique is 20 to 25 times more likely to cause an injury than other tackles, NFL teams voted ...

An Arizona Cardinals player was fined for the second time this season when linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither was deemed guilty of a hip-drop tackle in the team’s Week 6 game against the Indianapolis ...

The NFL announced this offseason that it was banning the hip-drop tackle. The new rule states that this form of takedown is now a penalty, and will cost the defense 15 yards plus an automatic first ...

The hip drop tackle got a lot of press in the past few years of NFL action. The technique saw players getting injured when wrapped up from behind and a defender would fall to bring the ball-carrier ...

Most NFL fans would agree the Kansas City Chiefs are on the favorable end of many, perhaps too many, calls each and every week. For example, an incidental helmet contact by Houston Texans EDGE Will ...

The NFL outlawed the hip-drop tackle this year. Through two weeks of the preseason, the illegal tactic didn’t happen many times. During a media conference call on Thursday, NFL executive V.P. Jeff ...

HOUSTON — The hip-drop tackle -- it's a term you're going to be hearing more about, especially after Texans' running back Joe Mixon went down with an injury Sunday night in Houston's win over Chicago.

We have a first in NFL history: a suspension due to repeated violations of the “hip-drop tackle.” The final straw was a tackle on the Seattle Seahawks’ superstar Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Washington ...