John Harbaugh questions why Logan Wilson needed to use a hip-drop tackle on Mark Andrews



Ravens tight end Imprint Andrews was lost for the season on Thursday night when he experienced a serious lower leg injury, and Ravens mentor John Harbaugh isn't content with how Andrews was handled.


Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson utilized the hip-drop tackle strategy to bring Andrews down from behind, prompting Andrews' lower left leg getting found out under Wilson's body. The hip-drop tackle is legitimate, however some in and around the NFL figure it shouldn't be, and Harbaugh addressed why Wilson needed to utilize it on Andrews. Harbaugh additionally said Wilson utilized a similar method to bring Lamar Jackson down close to the sideline, and showed that the Ravens will send those plays into the association office.


"It was most certainly a hip-drop tackle," Harbaugh said. "It is being examined. It's an intense tackle. Was it even important in that? The other one on the sideline, there's dependably plays that you send in to the association to have them check out and decipher for you."


Some rugby associations have prohibited the hip-drop tackle, characterizing it as when a protector snatches the ball transporter with one or two hands, swings or turns his body aside or behind the ball transporter, and afterward drops his body weight onto the ball transporter's legs. The NFL has additionally considered prohibiting the hip-drop tackle, yet at this point it stays legitimate in football.


The NFL Players Affiliation has gone against restricting hip-drop handles, saying that prohibiting it would set guarded players in an unthinkable position. The association will keep on taking a gander at it, however such a long ways there hasn't been a recommendation that obviously characterizes what endlessly is certainly not a hip-drop tackle, and that has acquired critical help from the players and the groups.

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