The league has tried to legislate those kinds of hip drop tackles but the NFLPA (the players' union, not the league) opposes making it a foul.
Yea, I read that -
I guess I'm biased - but the big problem that I have with it, isn't whether the issue of the Hip Drop Tackle is evil, bad, or worthy of banning, or enforceable, or will 'confuse' the fanbase (NFL words), but the fact that the guy who got jacked is the one who got fined.
Didn't they start talking about this because of Mahomes? Sounds like the OPI/DPI or lack thereof challengeability from the Saints debacle. When it happens to the big guys - all of a sudden there's handwringing - but it's for show, and it goes away.
Anyhow - rant aside - my problem here is with fining the victim.
I trust Geno - and aside from my hatred of a few other QBs (less and less with Brady gone and Rodgers out!) the QB's generally know when it's dirty. And it didn't pass the eyeball test with me.
NY might be a bunch of wanna be gangsters but the dude needed a flag on the play. In the spirit of the play - if not the letter of the regulations.
Just my opinion. And, if it was us that had made 'that' tackle - I still would say the same thing. Dirty shit doesn't fly well with me - whether they are doing it or us.