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Raiders' Kenyan Drake on Injury: NFL Needs to Protect Players from 'Illegal' Tackles

Las Vegas Raiders running back Kenyan Drake called for the NFL to review its rules on tackling after he reportedly suffered a season-ending injury in Sunday's 17-15 loss to the Washington Football Team.

Drake tweeted about the play in which he broke his ankle, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport:

"The #NFL needs to look at this specific style of tackling. They are throwing flags for taunting and protecting qbs from getting touched but this is my 2nd straight season being injured by a guy pulling me back and using his body weight to roll up my legs.