Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins believes the foot injury that has resulted in a stint on injured reserve happened on an illegal hip-drop tackle . The NFL didn’t see it that way.
Raiders defensive end Tyree Wilson was not fined by the league for the maneuver.
Here’s the play . It looks like a hip drop.
From the rulebook: “It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground: (a) grabs the runner with one or 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/or trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.”
Often, a player escapes a hip-drop violation by not landing on the runner’s leg. Wilson clearly did. It’s not clear why no fine was issued. No flag was thrown on the play.
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