Eagles' Darius Slay laughs at NFL's hip-drop tackle rule change

According to Yahoo Sports' Jori Epstein, NFL Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay made it a point to note that the ban is for only the "swivel" version of the hip-drop and played a series of video examples for voters. 

The version that they're hoping to eliminate is the one where a defensive player lifts himself off the ground and uses his weight to fall on an opponent, adds ESPN's Mike Garafolo. 

Well, that's going to be confusing for both players and officials. 

Oh, and a violation will result in a 15-yard penalty if flagged during a game. 

Naturally, many defenders are not on board with the new rule, including Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay. 

Slay, per usual, didn't hold back on sharing his reaction. 

"It’s about to be a lot of miss tackles," Slay posted on his X account with a laughing emoji. 

Slay isn't alone in finding the rule change to be absurd. 

The NFLPA shared their thoughts days before NFL owners officially voted to ban the swivel hip-drop tackle. 

"We cannot support a rule change that causes confusion for us as players, for coaches, for officials and especially, for fans," the NFLPA said in a statement.

There's no changing the rule now, however, according to the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, the hip-drop tackle penalty would likely be enforced similarly to the “use of helmet” rule. 

That means there would be more warnings and fines a week later rather than actual in-game penalties.