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NFL says uncalled hip-drop tackle on Rodgers was a penalty

Cleveland's Adin Huntington was fined five thousand six hundred twenty dollars for the Week 4 tackle, which came on third down and forced a Steelers punt; the flag came by video.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe NFL mailed every team a video saying the hip-drop tackle on Aaron Rodgers was a clear penalty, and the officials on the field never threw the flag.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the league put out a correction two weeks late. That's a pinned comment after the video already got its views.

  3. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, it's Week 4, Browns and Steelers, third-and-5, and the Browns lineman drags Rodgers down for a three-yard loss. Steelers punt.

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorWalt Anderson says, quote, This is an illegal hip-drop tackle.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe said it, and Walt Anderson is basically the replay nobody asked for.

  6. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorCalled, and it's first-and-10 in long field goal range. Cleveland won twenty-seven to twenty-four. I'm telling you, that's three points sitting on the table!

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd it's been banned since twenty twenty-four?

  8. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorFive thousand six hundred twenty dollars. And they announced it October tenth, so Pittsburgh has known for ten days that it was right.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEvery team got the video, and the only team that needed the flag is the one that lost by three.

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