Repeated hip-drop tackles can result in more than repeated fines.

The NFL has suspended Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu without pay for one game after performing another hip-drop tackle in Sunday night’s loss to the Seahawks.

It happened in the first quarter. No penalty was called.

Luvu was fined $23,186 for a hip-drop tackle in Week 4 against the Falcons and $46,372 for a hip-drop tackle last Monday night against the Chiefs.

The rulebook state, “It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground: (a) grabs the runner with one or 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/or trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.”

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