NFL crackdown as four players fined for breaking controversial new rule

The NFL has handed retired fines to 4 players who broke the league's arguable caller hip-drop tackling regularisation successful Week Two, contempt the information that nary flags were thrown by officials.

The NFL has dished retired respective fines for the hip-drop tackle which were not flagged by officials successful the contiguous aftermath of games.

A full of 4 players got slapped with fines aft getting caught utilizing the dodgy tackle successful Week Two. Chicago Bears' linebacker T.J. Edwards, Chiefs' Nick Bolton, and Jets' C.J. Mosley each had to fork retired $16,883 (£12,700). Rams' Desjuan Johnson got disconnected somewhat easier, being charged $5,191 (£4,000)

T. J. Edwards' arguable tackle was the 1 that truly got everyone talking. It happened during the 3rd 4th erstwhile the Texans claimed a triumph implicit the Bears astatine 19-13.

Edwards targeted Joe Mixon, who instantly seemed to beryllium successful pain, clutching his ankle aft helium deed the ground. While Aaron Rodgers narrowly escaped a large wounded portion playing against the New York Jets, concerns loomed over Tua Tagovailoa pursuing concussion protocols spurred by an NFL legend's contentious advice.

Despite Mixon managing to marque a little comeback in-game, helium lone lasted different 7 snaps earlier calling it quits. Then, it came retired connected Saturday that helium wouldn't beryllium joining the Texans for their upcoming crippled successful Minnesota against the Vikings.

Texans' caput manager DeMeco Ryans weighed successful connected the substance Monday, without mincing his words. Speaking to the press, Ryans declared Edwards decidedly made a hip-drop tackle, adjacent though determination wasn't a emblem successful sight.

"[The tackle] decidedly successful my mind, is considered the hip-drop," said Ryans to the journalists. "When the defender unweights himself and past helium puts each of his value connected the runner's legs, you spot wherefore they privation to get the hip-drop tackle retired of the game. Because it causes a batch of injuries erstwhile it happens. The hip-drop tackle doesn't hap much, but the percent of wounded erstwhile it does hap is precise precocious and you saw that determination with Joe and his ankle. The defender landed connected his ankle."

Mixon echoed these concerns post-match, urging the NFL to instrumentality enactment connected the hip-drop tackle regularisation agreed astatine the Annual League Meeting successful Orlando, Florida. "The NFL and NFLPA made it a regularisation and an accent for a reason," helium stated connected X. "Time to enactment your wealth wherever your rima is."

In March, league owners decided that a hip-drop tackle would incur a 15-yard punishment and imaginable fine. According to the NFL rulebook, specified a determination is present amerciable if a subordinate "grabs the runner with some hands oregon wraps the runner with some arms" aiming to "bring a runner to the ground".

It besides becomes a foul if a subordinate "unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or little body, landing connected and trapping the runner's leg(s) astatine oregon beneath the knee."

Following the game-changing overhaul, a big of disgruntled NFL antiaircraft players - representing some those who've hung up their boots and others inactive successful the fray - took to societal media platforms to aerial their grievances. T.

J. Ward didn't propulsion immoderate punches erstwhile helium tweeted: "Attention each antiaircraft players. When retired determination connected the field. Try your champion not to harm the violative players. Even if you person to enactment their good being supra your own. These rules are a joke. No wonderment each violative grounds is being broke."

Miami Dolphins' Jevon Holland chimed successful with a sarcastic nugget, "Breaking news: Tackles banned," and LA Rams' Terrell Burgess voiced his incredulity, tweeting: "How bash you prohibition thing that successful immoderate cases you can't control? smh."