The NFL won’t look the same in 2024. During this week’s slate of Owner Meetings in Orlando, Florida, the league passed several key changes. Among the most notable and visible are the banning of the “hip drop” tackle and the radical new kickoff formation, taking the XFL’s approach in the hopes of decreasing injuries and increasing returns. For Art Rooney II and the Pittsburgh Steelers, they supported only one of those two changes.
Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Rooney said he and the team was fully in favor of taking the hip drop tackle out of the game.