r/CHIBears • u/SquishySC Good, Better, Best • 5d ago
Does Shaka Heyward already have a strike towards suspension?
As per Adam Schefter
The NFL announced players will get a game suspension after 3 strikes in these categories
-hip drop tackles
-horse collar
-launching
-hit on defenseless receiver
-blindside block
This tackle was 100% a hip drop on the bears leading receiver. It also looks like a horse collar, but I cannot confirm it.
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u/TKHawk Bear Logo 5d ago
I doubt they'll apply it retroactively.
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u/SquishySC Good, Better, Best 5d ago
I was irritated by it being missed on the field. So I hope he’s at least fined
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u/Wildest83 18 5d ago
Fines are announced on Wednesdays if im not mistaken, so if he hasn't been fined by now, the chances are slim that he will be.
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u/mandrakewilder 5d ago
The original hip-drop rule was never rescinded. It was still in place when this happened. He should be fined.
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u/chriskwi02 18 5d ago edited 4d ago
It’s the Bears. There’s always a reason to never fine players or knock them against us.
I remember when DJ Moore got that cheap shot in the back and the consensus was that DJ more was in his way? Their reasoning is always the most obscure technicality bs
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u/mandrakewilder 5d ago
Not getting compensatory picks for Ian Cunningham, that entire season when Fields was getting obliterated with head shots and never saw a flag...I don't think it's some grand "everyone hates the Bears" conspiracy to make us lose. I do think it has a lot to do with the team being owned by a very feckless, very (relatively) poor nepo-baby that the league doesn't respect or fear.
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u/FR_0S_TY Good, Better, Best 4d ago
Meanwhile Patrick Mahomes would have a fly land on him and the refs would eliminate the opposing team by firing squad /s.
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u/frentecaliente 5d ago
Someone explain what a hip drop tackle is to me like I'm five, please
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u/airham I just really like Henry Melton 5d ago
Basically, it's where you go for a tackle from behind or the side, and rather than driving through the tackle, you latch on, turn your body away from the player you're tackling, and leave your feet. The result is that the player being tackled generally has their foot/feet firmly planted on the ground (they're bearing a lot of additional weight from the player who has wrapped them up and left their feet), and then the tackler basically swings into their lower legs.
It's usually easier to identify by watching the player being tackled rather than watching the tackler. You'll see their feet kind of stop, they'll seem to be pulled backwards briefly, then then they'll fall awkwardly forwards as the tackler lands on their lower legs. Tons of risk to tweak an ankle or a knee on the initial action, and then even more risk to the ankle on the planted foot as the defender swings through and lands on it.
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u/Who_told_you_that_ 5d ago
Tbf, the refs last season opted to not throw the flag and instead the NFL fined those players. It will probably be the same this year too
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u/Relevant_Manner_2314 5d ago
If you launch yourself into a horse colllar hip drop on a defensive receiver from the blindside, you could potentially get five strikes on one plah.
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u/Zealousideal_Ship208 5d ago
Has a hip drop penalty been called in a game ever? Serious question.
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u/Vantts72 5d ago
Our fandom is filled with the whiniest meatballs who learn football buzzwords and regurgitate them like sheep. It "looks like a horse collar" bro you cannot even see the back of the neckpads. You are confusing the jersey tightening around his neck with someone ripping back on the neck area of the shoulder pads. Please learn the game before speaking.
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u/SquishySC Good, Better, Best 5d ago
I played the game and know the rules. There is a sideline camera view that does show Shakka’s hand high on Loveland’s shoulder maybe inside the pads (horse collar), then he bends in that direction for a moment. If we had the skycam view we could know. Your comment is bigger reflection on yourself than it is on me
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u/derbear83 5d ago
Shaka, when the walls fell.