The tackle that likely ended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin's season resulted in a fine for Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith. Per CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones, the NFL has ...

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith was initially fined for his hit on Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin that resulted in the wide receiver dislocating his ankle. The league ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker Roquan Smith has been fined after the NFL ruled Friday that he used a hip-drop tackle on Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Chris Godwin on Monday night, a ...

The NFL has fined Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith $16,833 for his tackle on Chris Godwin that ended up dislocating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver's ankle, the league announced on ...

Two years ago, the NFL banned the hip-drop tackle.

The NFL wants hip-drop tackles out of the game completely. Armed with data that showed that the tackling technique is 20 to 25 times more likely to cause an injury than other tackles, NFL teams voted ...

HOUSTON -- Texans running back Joe Mixon called out the NFL on social media for not enforcing its own rules after injuring his ankle on what he believed to be an illegal hip-drop tackle during Houston ...

Most NFL fans would agree the Kansas City Chiefs are on the favorable end of many, perhaps too many, calls each and every week. For example, an incidental helmet contact by Houston Texans EDGE Will ...