Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
"Hip drop" is just the new buzz word.
I doubt any NFL defender says "Had 2 great hip drops in the game today" Andrews weighs 250lbs, at game speed a LB who probably weighs 240 both running full speed engages from behind and bodies fly in all directions these things happen. The Cinci player had no malice, if Andrews got up it just looked like a regular tackle. He stays down and it is dirty? We watch these plays in slow motion, the players react in split seconds.
Plus when you watch the replay Andrews foot gets caught in the turf as they both were falling.
The game has evolved into huge, fast men, playing on synthetic turf that makes the game even faster, the cuts sharper, the collisions harder, the only thing that gives are players bones and tendons. When 2 people who run 4.5 40s and weigh 250lbs collide it won`t be the turf that gives.
I doubt any NFL defender says "Had 2 great hip drops in the game today" Andrews weighs 250lbs, at game speed a LB who probably weighs 240 both running full speed engages from behind and bodies fly in all directions these things happen. The Cinci player had no malice, if Andrews got up it just looked like a regular tackle. He stays down and it is dirty? We watch these plays in slow motion, the players react in split seconds.
Plus when you watch the replay Andrews foot gets caught in the turf as they both were falling.
The game has evolved into huge, fast men, playing on synthetic turf that makes the game even faster, the cuts sharper, the collisions harder, the only thing that gives are players bones and tendons. When 2 people who run 4.5 40s and weigh 250lbs collide it won`t be the turf that gives.
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