“We were tracking about one hip-drop tackle per game and one time-loss-injury approximately every single week,” said Dawn Aponte, the NFL’s chief administrator of football operations. “When we ...

Oklahoma State offensive tackle Dalton Cooper ... Cooper made leaps-and-bounds improvement. In 2023, Pro Football Focus charged him with three sacks and 22 total pressures. In 2024, he missed ...

The NFL wants hip-drop tackles out of the game completely. Armed with data that showed that the tackling technique is 20 to 25 times more likely to cause an injury than other tackles, NFL teams ...