Patriots captain Ja'Whaun Bentley doesn't hold back on NFL's newest rule change
On Monday at the NFL Annual Meetings in Orlando, Florida, the NFL officially decided to ban hip-drop tackles. This was an effort to help with player safety. However, many players are not happy with the decision, and that includes New England Patriots linebacker and defensive captain Ja’Whaun Bentley. Since the news was made official, Bentley posted […]
On Monday at the NFL Annual Meetings in Orlando, Florida, the NFL officially decided to ban hip-drop tackles. This was an effort to help with player safety.
However, many players are not happy with the decision, and that includes New England Patriots linebacker and defensive captain Ja’Whaun Bentley.
Since the news was made official, Bentley posted numerous comments on this decision.
"Eliminate the CHOP BLOCK too if we care so much about Player Safety," Bentley first wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"*No HorseCollar
*No Ducking the Head
*No Hip Drop
*No Slamming
*No Big Hits on Defenseless Receiver
😂Y’all must not have had to tackle these dudes before," he wrote in another post.
That was followed by a post saying, "Good Mornin. They done Turned Me Up this Morning 😂😂😂."
He put out a total of six different posts on the new rule.
"Be Safe Not Soft."
"Since I got y’all attention though s/o Purdue😂 @BoilerBall #Sweet16Bound"
"Add it to the List of Ways to Get Fined 😂😂😂."
Here is the official rule from the league:
“It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground:
“(a) grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and
“(b) unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.”
If a player used a hip-drop tackle, it will result in a 15 yard penalty and an automatic first down.
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