Mixon suffered an ankle injury against the Chicago Bears in Week 2 when linebacker T.J. Edwards used the illegal hip-drop tackle to bring him down and has not returned to the field yet.

Texans running back Joe Mixon has missed three games after Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards tackled him using the illegal hip-drop tackle. Edwards was not penalized but was later fined. Mixon, who ...

Per both Mixon and Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans, the injury was no unfortunate accident. Both claimed the injury was the result of a "hip-drop’ tackle", a tackling technique recently outlawed ...

In the third quarter of a 19-13 victory over Chicago, Mixon was felled by Bears’ linebacker T.J. Edwards via a hip-drop tackle. That was something that was banned by the league this offseason.

I was stopped because of that weak-ass hip-drop tackle," Mixon said Thursday. "I can't do nothing about that. It's frustrating, it is what it is. I want to be out there more than anybody." ...

“I was the No. 1 leader in rushing, I was stopped because of that weak *** hip-drop tackle,” Mixon told media members on Thursday, October 10, per DJ Bien-Aime of ESPN. “I can’t do nothing ...

Houston running back Joe Mixon missed three games earlier this year after he was the victim of the tackle. Last year the NFL saw between one-to-two hip-drop tackles per week, and the pace is the ...

Mixon practiced for the first time in almost two weeks after suffering an ankle injury in Week 2 against the Chicago Bears when linebacker T.J. Edwards used the banned hip-drop tackle to bring ...

This isn't the only hip drop tackle to take place this season. Back in Week 2, Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon suffered an ankle injury on a hip drop tackle by Chicago Bears linebacker T.J ...

Amazon Prime Video play-by-play broadcaster Al Michaels referred to the tackle last season by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker ...

Mixon was tackled by Chicago Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards with a hip-drop tackle — something the NFL outlawed this offseason and was going to strongly enforce during the season. Edwards was not ...

Texans running back Joe Mixon has missed three games after Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards tackled him using the illegal hip-drop tackle. Edwards was not penalized but was later fined. Mixon ...