This Might Ruin The NFL... 

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Refs talking abt rule changes: "Anybody who says tackle gets a 100 yard penalty. If u tackle anybody the other team automatically wins."

Basically, how do you tackle someone from behind now? No horse collar. No wrap around the hips. I guess you have to dive at their ankles. Once defense starts landing on the back of players ankles and heel, and a bunch of Achilles tears happens, then they'll ban that too

*Tackle Football IS turning to Flag Football. It’s not a question any longer; it’s a statement of fact.*

This is craziness. How in the Hell are you supposed to enforce such nonsense.

I'm 56 years old. I have been a huge football fan my entire life. I have never heard the term "hip-drop tackle" until last week when I heard it was a thing for the rules committee. To this moment (including this video) nobody has bothered to define what this is. From all of the video I have seen, all I can infer is that you can no longer tackle a ball carrier from behind. This is ridiculous.

The nfl needs to grow a set, this is getting ridiculous.

This is the equivalent to boxing banning head punches!

Another nail in the coffin for the WWE I meant the NFL 😢

Im guessing your supposed to ask them politely to fall down now. The games turning into Sarcastaball like South Park predicted 🤣

Time for some Sarcasta-ball 😂

how you supposed to tackle now?

Derrick Henry and DK Metcalf laughing right now

If they really cared about players getting injured they would have got rid of turf grass

3000 yard szn for Henry🤣

So the NFL is saying we can’t even touch the guy anymore

I’m calling it: Refs are going to miss two of these blatant calls that would go against the chiefs in games that are down to the wire so patty mahomes can be the first QB to win three in a row. Calling out the script right now. It will be them and the falcons in the Super Bowl and the chiefs will win 34-31

Football is a contact sport....what exactly are they trying to accomplish here other than just making it an offensive game. Players on defense won't be as important and get paid less as a result. Probably one of the reasons why the Chiefs didn't hang onto Sneed for $19m a year....CB probably won't be worth that much after this

Unbelievable there's literally going to be flags on every play

George Halas, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, and other brilliant defensive coaches of the past are rolling over in their graves due to what the modern NFL has become.

A player from the 1960s would find it difficult to even play today's game. The great defenses would be penalized on every play

I remember growing up when football players were tough. Now they’re just a bunch of Primadonna’s

Basically if the playmaker is already passed you, just get ready for the next play lol

Easier to fix games this way. Its all related to Vegas. Everything in this world worth millions of billions of dollars always has corrupt practices involved with it. Ill be sure to count how many times this is called in favor of the Chiefs considering theyve gone back to back seasons now being the most penalized offensive line and then not getting a single oline holding call in back to back postseasons.

If they wanted to protect players they would be talking about getting rid of fake turf. If they think bringing scores up are going to get more fans, this is a great move!

This gives refs the opportunity to make even more ambiguous calls and thus makes it easier for them to control and manipulate a game

Sacking the QB gonna be a $50,000 fine

Emphasis on the certain type of hip drop tackle being banned, not the tackle as a whole, is important here. But the NFL actually cared, they would lay out the correct way they want a player to be tackled from behind, and not leave it up to players to figure it out. Fines and penalties are what they want 😔

Defense will just be non existent at this point

Jerry doesn't realize he's the one hurting his team. One reason is bc of Jerry's ego. I'm not sure if drop hip tackle should be illegal. Bc football is a rough sport. Players have been injured with zero contact. Just in SB 58 SF LB Dre Greenlaw's leg gave out when he started running on the field. He took two maybe three steps then face planted. Dre tore his Achilles tendon.

What is a DB supposed to do if hes trailing a WR?

This all started in 1978 when they banned being able to hit receivers. And here we are. Too many people think that just because there are no IMMEDIATE consequences, there are no consequences AT ALL.

Thing is defense is exciting too…

There was a lot of this tackle going on at the end of the year a year ago. Rolling on the players leg on purpose during and after the tackle.

Concussion wise, it is one of the safest ways to tackle in open space. Orthopedic injuries are part of any sport. These guys know what they signed up to.

They want to increase their chances to get away with scripting a little more and blurring the lines of tackles makes it even easier. First it was the Brady rule, then it was the late hits to quarterbacks.. (but only SOME quarterbacks!) Then it was the major change on what signifies and actual catch. These days depending on the WR, they may have to catch the ball, call home and check in on their wives, take atleast 7 steps towards the opposing teams endzone, and phone a friend for it to be considered an actual catch. Now this. All of these changes allow the NFL to continue scripting games while mob bosses and anyone in the know continues to place bets via sites like *draft kings* and make millions of dollars off knowing what team is scripted to win. The good news is, at least people are finally waking up to the idea of the league being scripted. I already know several people that have completely walked away from watching the NFL anymore. I still watch but I don't put the energy or emotion into the results the way I used to do back in the day before I started waking up to the league being scripted around 2010.

This rule would be ridiculous. When a defender is desperately hanging on to Derrick Henry and he's being dragged, is he just supposed to let go??

Side note: Your dog didnt eat the Good Chop bro. Might have to edit that out. Thats bad press 😂

Give em Flags at this point idk bro

Why don’t they just call it rough touch…lol😢. It’s an effort to make the game even more rudimentary. I watched a Suoerbowl where the winning team’s offensive lineman were grabbing guys jumping in the air and physically pulling them down…. Hello holding. Referees have ruined the sport I have loved. Literally watching football since I was 3 years old. Played football and know a lot of professional players.

you just said it's the swivel hip drop tackle, that is the tackle that is causing those injuries. This is a great rule in my book.

Its gonna be interesting to see how teams are gonna try to tackle big fast guys like Saquon Barkley and Derek Henry now in the open field? 😮

This is not football any more. When will the NFL threw out the "you can't touch Mahomes" rule.

Two hand touch here we come! touched you with both hands, you're down.: "No you didnt!" "Uh huh"

Look at the National Rugby League in Australia, they banned hip drop tackles, and still very physical.

The league is missing the mark with this. Good defense is FUN to watch too. Gonna get to a point where there's no point in even paying defensive players when they can't do anything. When was the last time the league integrated a rule that catered to defense?

I'm not even trying to be cheeky or feign ignorance, legit how you supposed to tackle now?

I didn’t know the “hip drop tackle” had a name. I thought it was just how you tackle a runner from behind. So now do you tackle from behind by going for the lower legs? Is that likely to injury the knees?

If the ball carrier gets past the defender they might as well not even try.

You are absolutely correct Mike ! My research has discovered that the NFLs' #1 Priority is to implement or eliminate rules in order to increase high scoring games. In other words, it's not just hip-drop tackles ( which has always been the correct way to tackle in football and I knew that when I played in high school) it's any play ,any rule that discourages scoring. The NFL believes that high scoring games are the way to increase pro footballs popularity.

the hip drop tackle was banned by the National Rugby League in Australia and it took 1 sason to get it out of the game,

I like how your dog was like fuck that salmon

I did a hip drop clothes line combo on a punt returner 1987 high school was told good job!!

The massive TE’s are already hard to tackle and their making it even more difficult. This is such a gay ban.

"Hip-drop tackle" is a new trend people complaining about the ban forgot you suppose to WRAP tackle something that is Football 101 basics and has been the standard for 100 years

Hip drop tackles are still legal it's only a flag if you land on the ball carriers legs/knees.

The no hip drop tackle rule imo is due to the enforcement of the cap because stars impact the cap so much that owners want them on the field at the cost of football’s physicality.

lol these Anytime TD parlays gonna go crazy on FanDuel & Draftkings

Everyone is going to have to make the "Derwin James on Travis Kelce" tackle and nothing else.

I completely agree with you. There's gonna be at least two games that get dictated by wanna these penalties and it'll look like it's being implemented inorder to swing games one way or the other.

Great... Now it is going to take 6 hours to get through a game. The amount of penalties is going to be insane and will make the games unwatchable.

We can always say, “if that tackle didn’t happen that way, they wouldn’t get injured…” it’s getting so bad.

It's not hip drops that are illegal, it's hip drops with a swivel. Basically don't end up on the receiver's legs and it's fine.

The defensive players need to just let the offense score all the time. Nobody gets hurt, and it increases scoring. Make a mockery of the rule and see what happens

Derek Henry's 2,400 yard 2024 season will need to have an asterisk next to it.

So what are you supposed to do if someone gets past you but you have the speed to catch them? Basically the only thing you can do is try to do a slide tackle.

How about we ask the offence to protect themselves as well. And let's be honest if I have to tackle Derick Henry a form tackle is not gonna cut it

Can’t wait for spring football!!

Why Not call it the FFL . . . Flag Football League.

When I played, horse collar tackles were legal. I played at 165. Running backs were 230. If nothing else, although coaches wanted the tackle made at all costs, they also wanted to see how we hit pad to pad. It'll change the game in, as Mike stated, illicit flagging.

I'm old school and have watched a lot of football. It just makes me appreciate the offensive players of old who didn't have all these restrictions on the defense and played at a high level. I love defensive games, and the Browns shutout of the Cardinals last year made me so happy to see. The offense is so soft anymore in the league I don't know if I can keep watching. What a joke!!!

Am a jets fan not being able tackle might be only way we escape injury bug That's hits us hard every year

If there was still question about Vegas odds deciding outcomes through officiating this’ll for sure make it drastically easier to control the outcome of games 👍

Just like what JJ Watt said just go to flags already, it’s basically already flag football

About to see some surprise retirementa during preseason as soon as the first person gets fined.

They are changing the rules for offensive linemen, too. They can block defensive rushers, but they cannot touch them. They can only stand in the way.

THAT IS a fundamental of tackling when the person is bigger than you! You have to use your weight. What now none of the big guys can be tackled now? This is ridiculous!!!!

I’m sorry but when my coaches taught me to tackle they literary say go for the knees and twist if they want to keep running let them find out what happens

So if the ball carrier breaks past the secondary what is the defense supposed to do ? Let him run for a TD???

I remember in pop Warner football they would teach shoulders square dont lead with your helmet and wrap up, players are just getting lazy with tackling

All this will do is ramp up the number of questionable/controversial, game changing calls and make it impossible to defend.

there’s not gon be any tackling anymore due to players constantly getting injured and im glad Mike said he finally making his Dallas Cowboys video take im ready to hear his facts and opinions on how the cowboys effed themselves in the foot

My dolphins ab to go crazy this year with this new rule 💀

So are defenders supposed to hold the air traffic lights and guide the offense to the end zone

I use to have a teammate in high school who broke 4 peoples legs (one being compound) doing that hip drop tackle. Shits dangerous but it comes with the territory

imagine rushing the passer you gotta worry about not hip tackling and landing on the qb and not to mention even if you touch the ball the dont forget the brady rule with the foward pass so its not considerd a fumble.

are you dropping the mic or hip dropping the mic now?

How about Rugby tackling? The only other alternative to the launch, dive and slam tackle (my interpretation) is to take away padding from everyone. They are so protected by pads and specially engineered helmets that now that there is no consequence to tackling. Maybe the new rule will increase scoring which is what everyone wants right? Pro football is so boring now with the frequent video reviews and QB’s arm going forward, out of bounds or was the ball carrier down before he lost the ball among others. Almost every kicking run back there is a penalty. It’s a game run by lawyers and committees.

So they essentially banned the tackle. I watched the videos of the banned tackle and they just looked like regular tackles to me.

Tackle that happened only 239 times out of 20,000+ tackles. Will not ruin NFL. What will ruin it is Refs calling random penalties for it

Defensive players: When and where do I get the tackle? The NFL: that’s the neat part, you don’t 💀

The take on scoring is literally the same thing I was thinking

So are they going to eventually make rule changes that favor defenses because NFL will soon find out like the NBA that lots of scoring can actually be a bad thing.

I don’t disagree with the scoring comment in this video. But at the same time I am thinking it’s also about the fact that players get health care later in life if they spend enough time in the league. It’s about increasing revenue but also about cutting down on health care costs. It’s all some bullshit. Bring back 80s 90s football when it was football the wages keep going through the roof you take the chance of being critically injured for hundreds of millions on dollars. Suck it up and take it

All 32 teams should walk out this season b/c the players and fans both know that this is a BS rule.

What is a catch turned into what is a tackle.

Been a crazy off-season going to be a long season

Only way to make this right is let the defenders keep hands on the offense no matter how many yards down feild. Not hold them but essentially block them

I haven't watched that much football as of late because I am not understanding the rules that a player cannot tackle another player. When they call for penalties that don't exist and don't actually have the correct penalties that should be called is the reason why IDC anymore

when is the lajaurius sneed video drop? it’s pretty exciting news 😅