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It's the type of tackle that severely injured Jordan Travis this last season and a link to the NFL news about it that also discusses the tackling technique in more detail:
The messaging hasn't been great on this, but many consider a hip drop any tackle in which the tackler drops their weight to make a tackle. This is NOT explicitly banned by the new rule. From :
ARTICLE 18. HIP-DROP TACKLE. 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.
Emphases are added to clarify that elements a and both parts of element b are required for the tackled to be banned. A lot of the reaction seems to be missing this point.
ETA: Quote from NFL Competition Committee chairman Rich McKay:
... this isn't the elimination of hip-drop, this is an elimination of a swivel technique that doesn't get used very often. When it is used, it is incredibly injurious to the runner...
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Off the top of my head (I know I am forgetting some)
Immaculate Reception
Helmet Catch (in SB)
Butler Interception (in SB)
The Tackle (in SB)
Brady Tuck Rule
Philly Special (in SB)
Harrison 99 yard pick six (in SB)
Mahomes diving throw dinks off receiver facemask (in SB)
Moss laterals TD
Stafford fake spike TD (this probably doesn't make it in this high but I really love this play)
Beastquake (Lynch breaks like 10 tackles on long TD run)
EDIT: Ones I forgot:
The Butt Fumble
Miami Miracle (laterals vs pats)
Mile High Miracle
Minneapolis Miracle (Diggs)
Miracle at meadowlands (there are many)
Music City Miracle (TD return)
The catch, 49ers NFC Championship
Holy Roller
Elways Helicopter
Fail Mary
Jim Marshall's wrong way Safety
Favre's Vikings champ game ending career summary interception
OBJ one handed catch
Marino's Fake Spike
ATL Vick runs half the field and makes two defenders collide with each other TD
Multiple Aaron Rodgers successful Hail Marys
McAfee self onside recovery
Wide Right
The Double Doink
Both of Leon Lett's failures
Romo's botched hold
Doug Floutie's Dropkick
Steve Gleason's blocked punt
Sea of Hands
Ghost to the Post
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The recruitment in European sports is different to American sports in that they don't have a draft system. Teams just sign the best players they can. Most European professional teams, in most sports, have some kind of youth system. This system is designed to give teenagers a chance to become elite players as they age.
Do NFL teams do anything like this? Obviously the draft system doesn't encourage teams to produce high quality players because other teams will just draft them. Is youth football completely independent from NFL teams?
Edit: The answer is no. There have been many good answers. Something I had not considered before is the NFL is absolutely dominant in terms of financing and quality. All the best players go to play in the NFL, that just doesn't happen in European sports because there are multiple top leagues with similar quality and financing.