Bill Belichick sat down with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for a segment on the Pat McAfee Show.

During the appearance, Belichick and Goodell discussed their opinions on the hip-drop style tackle, which NFL teams voted unanimously to ban ahead of the upcoming-season, Khari Thompson of the Boston Globe reports.

“I think over the years, the NFL has done a great job of making the game safer for players – the targeting, the horse-collar tackle, the hip-drop,” Belichick said. “There really aren’t very many of them. I think there were maybe only a dozen or so of them last year, but it’s a good thing to get rid of.”

Goodell said he agreed with Belichick’s take, noting the amount of serious injuries that occur on hip drop tackles.

“We use data a lot to try to identify the rules that we want to change and whether what we do is effective,” Goodell said. “When you see a play that has more than 20 times the injury rate, and as you know most of those injuries are pretty severe – career-ending or season-ending, you’ve got to make a change. As you know, coach, players adjust and I think we’ve been able to make our game safer and more exciting at the same time.”

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