The NFL has suspended Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu without pay for one game after “repeated” violations of the league’s rule against hip-drop tackles.

“#Commanders LB Frankie Luvu has been suspended without pay for one game for repeated violations of playing rules intended to protect the health and safety of players, including during Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks,” NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport wrote on X.

Here is the tackle on Sunday night, the third such violation of the rule, that led the league to issue the suspension.

Here are all three of Luvu’s hip-drop tackles.

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 week against the Chiefs.

According to the rulebook, “It is a foul if a player uses the f

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