{"id":8773,"date":"2025-11-05T18:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:51:29","slug":"washington-commanders-lb-frankie-luvu-wont-be-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8773","title":{"rendered":"Washington Commanders LB Frankie Luvu won&#8217;t be suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>John Keim<span class=\"timestamp \">Nov 4, 2025, 10:46 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored\/co-authored four books. You can also listen to him on &#8216;The John Keim Report&#8217;, which airs on ESPN Richmond radio.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fbeaf73e-6d6c-cca4-0809-713d9d741f90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/wsh\/washington-commanders\">Washington Commanders<\/a> linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"2a6c9a31-1755-da1d-6071-0e3389949107\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3127273\/frankie-luvu\">Frankie Luvu<\/a> won&#8217;t be suspended for repeated violations of the rule against hip-drop tackles, the NFL announced Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Luvu had appealed a ruling that he would be suspended one game, costing him a game check worth $508,333.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick Brooks, jointly appointed by the NFL and the NFLPA, heard the appeal. Luvu was instead fined $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Luvu will play vs. Detroit on Sunday. The Commanders (3-6) have lost four consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL ruled that Luvu violated the policy again in Sunday night&#8217;s 38-14 loss to Seattle while making a tackle in the first quarter vs. receiver <a data-player-guid=\"edf87204-0e8c-331c-ac63-c6e04a89ee76\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4430878\/jaxon-smith-njigba\">Jaxon Smith-Njigba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was Luvu&#8217;s third time being fined for a hip-drop tackle, leading him to become the first player suspended under this rule before he successfully appealed the ruling. He was fined for violating the policy after Weeks 4 and 8.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Luvu was fined $23,186 for his Week 4 violation and another $46,372 after Week 8.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release from the NFL, the league cited Luvu for violating a rule intended to &#8220;protect the health and safety of players.&#8221; The rule states that it&#8217;s a violation if a player uses a technique to tackle a player in which he &#8220;grabs the runner with one or both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and unweights himself by swiveling or dropping his hips and\/or lower body, landing on and\/or trapping the runner&#8217;s leg(s) at or below the knee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Washington&#8217;s defense could ill afford more losses, even if for just one game.<\/p>\n<p>Starting corner <a data-player-guid=\"fe828712-b9a1-f628-89e6-2938a6362a4a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3121421\/marshon-lattimore\">Marshon Lattimore<\/a> sustained a season-ending torn ACL vs. the Seahawks and was placed on injured reserve. Three other defensive starters are also on injured reserve: ends <a data-player-guid=\"c5ed5de0-97cc-6021-98cd-edfb242b2068\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2980080\/deatrich-wise-jr\">Deatrich Wise Jr<\/a>. and <a data-player-guid=\"564d25c1-08a2-b0fb-4dd9-bcd54be15515\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3928979\/dorance-armstrong\">Dorance Armstrong<\/a> and safety <a data-player-guid=\"93474c74-bbe8-c24f-8cce-a86a16009d77\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3915297\/will-harris\">Will Harris<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/46853462\/washington-commanders-lb-frankie-luvu-suspended\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John KeimNov 4, 2025, 10:46 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. 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