minnemike wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:26 am
Basically, tackling anyone from behind is now illegal. Good luck with that!
Not at all. If you tackle someone from behind by wrapping up their waist it's fine. The only thing you can't do is to let your lower half go limp and collapse onto their legs. It should be easily avoidable for defenders.
That would be the case for anyone equal or larger than the guy they are tackling. Smaller guys will get dragged for 50 yards. That will be fun to watch tho!
You have to admit the law is really dumb and introduces a really vague judgement call since most will be straddling the fence of using weight to tackle or not.
For the Vikings, it looks like the kick return will be making a comeback. After being largely irrelevant for a few years we now have to ask: Who is our kick returner?
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Beef Supreme wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:13 am
For the Vikings, it looks like the kick return will be making a comeback. After being largely irrelevant for a few years we now have to ask: Who is our kick returner?
Ideally this would re-energize Kene, and make him have actual value again.
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minnemike wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:26 am
Basically, tackling anyone from behind is now illegal. Good luck with that!
Not at all. If you tackle someone from behind by wrapping up their waist it's fine. The only thing you can't do is to let your lower half go limp and collapse onto their legs. It should be easily avoidable for defenders.
That would be the case for anyone equal or larger than the guy they are tackling. Smaller guys will get dragged for 50 yards. That will be fun to watch tho!
You have to admit the law is really dumb and introduces a really vague judgement call since most will be straddling the fence of using weight to tackle or not.
No. It would only be the case for anyone who purposely collapses themselves onto the ball-carrier's legs after latching on to the waist.
Not at all. If you tackle someone from behind by wrapping up their waist it's fine. The only thing you can't do is to let your lower half go limp and collapse onto their legs. It should be easily avoidable for defenders.
That would be the case for anyone equal or larger than the guy they are tackling. Smaller guys will get dragged for 50 yards. That will be fun to watch tho!
You have to admit the law is really dumb and introduces a really vague judgement call since most will be straddling the fence of using weight to tackle or not.
No. It would only be the case for anyone who purposely collapses themselves onto the ball-carrier's legs after latching on to the waist.
So how will you tell if someone goes limp to pull a player down? Do their feet have to leave the ground? Fact is you really can’t tell and this will be a lame judgement ruling on almost every play. That opens it up for severe game tilting. Smaller guys tackle this way almost every time otherwise they just get dragged down the field.
But at least we have one fan who loves the new rule = you.
I like some of these new rules, definitely not the "Hip-drop" one though. That said, just a bit concerned that it will have a negative effect on the viewership of games. All this game needs is to be slower with more resentment & controversy.
minnemike wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:26 am
Basically, tackling anyone from behind is now illegal. Good luck with that!
Not at all. If you tackle someone from behind by wrapping up their waist it's fine. The only thing you can't do is to let your lower half go limp and collapse onto their legs. It should be easily avoidable for defenders.
That would be the case for anyone equal or larger than the guy they are tackling. Smaller guys will get dragged for 50 yards. That will be fun to watch tho!
You have to admit the law is really dumb and introduces a really vague judgement call since most will be straddling the fence of using weight to tackle or not.
The hip drop tackle stops the player from going forward. Only solution I can think of is tackling the legs which can also cause injuries. I wonder how often a hip drop tackle happens per game.
Not at all. If you tackle someone from behind by wrapping up their waist it's fine. The only thing you can't do is to let your lower half go limp and collapse onto their legs. It should be easily avoidable for defenders.
That would be the case for anyone equal or larger than the guy they are tackling. Smaller guys will get dragged for 50 yards. That will be fun to watch tho!
You have to admit the law is really dumb and introduces a really vague judgement call since most will be straddling the fence of using weight to tackle or not.
The hip drop tackle stops the player from going forward. Only solution I can think of is tackling the legs which can also cause injuries. I wonder how often a hip drop tackle happens per game.
Happens all the time. I just think some are more visually obvious but not functionally different in any way from the others. The ones we notice are when feet are not flat on the ground. But feet flat on the ground doesnt mean 99% of your weight isnt still dragging a player down in the same way as one that will be called for looking more like it. This rule basically eliminates tackles that arent trips or top end knock overs.
Bring back Jerome The Bus Bettis.... he'd be unstoppable!
