After the NFL competition committee unanimously voted to ban the hip-drop tackle during league meetings on Monday, free agent running back Kenyan Drake came to the defense of the rule change.
Drake, who was sidelined for five games during the 2021 season due to an ankle injury suffered from a hip-drop tackle, voiced what has been an unpopular opinion among NFL players.
"I don't care about popular opinion," Drake wrote in a post on X. "I lost my right ankle and a quarter of the '21 season to this type of tackle. Something had to give and I'm glad it's not anybody legs/ankles anymore.