Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu had his one-game suspension overturned on appeal Tuesday. He called it “relief, a weight off my shoulders.”

It was Luvu’s third hip-drop tackle, and he will still pay $100,000 for the illegal tackle of Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

Luvu, though, said he won’t change the way he plays despite feeling the NFL has a “target on my back.”

“I play one way, and that’s the only way I know how to play -- that’s fast, physical and downhill,” Luvu said, via John Keim of ESPN.

Luvu also had fines for hip-drop tackles in Week 4 against the Falcons and Week 8 against the Chiefs. He had another in the playoff win over the Lions in January.

He said he doesn’t understand what constitutes a hip-drop tackle.

“That’s the question I’m trying to ask myself and ask

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