Baltimore Ravens tight finish Mark Andrews has firsthand expertise with how harmful the lately banned hip-drop sort out may be, and he is happy to see it go.
The 28-year-old, who underwent surgical procedure final season after struggling a fractured fibula and ligament injury in a Week 11 sport in opposition to the Bengals — as a consequence of what was thought-about to be a hip-drop sort out by Cincinnati linebacker Logan Wilson — spoke out on Tuesday concerning the elimination of the tackling technique.
“Taking that sort out out of the sport just isn’t a nasty factor,” Andrews stated, by way of ESPN. “I believe defenses can discover a option to get round that.”
The hip-drop sort out is outlined as any time a defender grabs the runner with each arms or wraps the runner with each arms, after which swivels or drops his hips or decrease physique, touchdown on and trapping the runner’s leg under the knees.
The NFL introduced its choice to ban it in March after the house owners voted unanimously on the annual league assembly in favor of its elimination. Andrews, a three-time Professional Bowler, believes the choice will probably be extra of a benifit than a destructive.
“I am all the time an advocate for making the sport safer,” Andrews stated. “You take a look at the final 5 years, there’s been quite a lot of large accidents with that. So simply bringing the notice to that sort of sort out, I believe is nice.”
In keeping with new league guidelines, a hip-drop sort out violation end in a 15-yard penalty if flagged and will in the end end in fines for gamers no matter whether or not a flag is thrown.
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