Cincinnati Bengals among NFL players reacting to hip-drop tackle report
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National Football League players - including the Cincinnati Bengals' Logan Wilson, Allan George and Trent Taylor - are reacting to a report Saturday via Twitter that that league is planning to have an active conversation during the offseason about the possibility of banning hip-drop tackles.
Tweets Saturday from The Washington Post's Mark Maske cited NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills.
"I think it'll be a very active offseason conversation, to look at the mechanism. Obviously the 'hip-drop' tackle is not the only cause of high ankle sprains. There are certainly other factors," Sills said, per Maske. "We have noted that type of tackle that you mentioned. And I think it needs to be a very active discussion point, again, with the competition committee and others this season."
From Wilson, Taylor, George and former Bengal George Iloka quote-tweeted a Dov Kleiman tweet:
No shot… https://t.co/g40VzUVLkU
— Logan Wilson (@ljw21) February 4, 2023
Absolutely ridiculous https://t.co/7nV1EnLEuc
— Trent Taylor (@Trent5Taylor) February 4, 2023
They got the wrong script, someone get them the updated one🫣 https://t.co/SpeaBnnGJo
— Allan George (@A11ANG) February 5, 2023
There will be no legal way to tackle from behind in the next 5 years. Already can’t tackle up high, horse collar. Want to eliminate the mid section now, “hip drop”. Soon they’ll take away the legs, “gator roll”. NFL script writers working hard to eliminate tackling from storyline https://t.co/pmJ909fTZH
— George Iloka (@George_iloka) February 4, 2023
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