Hip-Drop Tackle Ban Requires 'Clear and Obvious' Evidence

Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL officials will have to be certain they have seen three distinct 'indicators' before throwing a flag on a hip-drop tackle, which was banned this offseason in a round of rule changes Scott Smith

During the NFL's 2004 season, six players suffered major injuries as the result of being the victim of what had come to be known as the "horse-collar" tackle, in which a defender grabs a