The NFL made a decision a long time in the making this offseason by banning the hip-drop tackle, a play where defensive players swivel their legs around their opponent to make a tackle from behind. The rule change has unsurprisingly ruffled some feathers among defensive players around the league, and Pittsburgh Steelers DL Cameron Heyward isn’t a fan of the change.
On his Not Just Football podcast, he said that while he understands where the rule came from, he doesn’t think it’s defined well enough and that the league isn’t doing enough to protect defensive players.