The Indianapolis Colts had a scary second on Sunday when a working again went down throughout an 11-on-11 staff interval.
Per James Boyd of The Athletic, follow needed to be stopped for 10 minutes whereas trainers attended to working again Salvon Ahmed, who suffered a “extreme leg damage” after he was introduced down through an unlawful sort out by security Trey Washington.
“The damage occurred when Ahmed broke a future throughout an 11-on-11 interval,” Boyd wrote. “He was tackled from behind by undrafted rookie security Trey Washington, however when Washington grabbed Ahmed, who stored his legs churning, Washington used a hip-drop sort out to deliver Ahmed down and landed on his decrease proper leg. Ahmed instantly grabbed his decrease proper leg and screamed in agony.
“Steichen mentioned the gamers within the developmental durations (primarily third-stringers and gamers decrease than them on the depth chart) have been instructed to sort out throughout 11-on-11. Nonetheless, Steichen emphasised, Washington’s hip-drop sort out was clearly the unsuitable technique to deliver Ahmed down.”
Steichen mentioned the teaching workers would not encourage hip-drop tackles, and claimed Washington is “down within the dumps” after his sort out led to Ahmed’s damage.
The unlucky incident highlights how troublesome it may be for NFL defenders to make a sort out. The league made the hip-drop sort out unlawful to try to curb accidents, as offensive gamers thought it was a soiled hit.
In Washington’s case, the undrafted rookie free agent from Ole Miss wasn’t attempting to make a grimy hit however attempting to make a soccer transfer in a aggressive setting to maintain his job.
Earlier than the damage, Ahmed was attempting to make a case for the follow squad, the place he hung out on throughout 2024.
