The NFL's own data showed a significant drop in the amount of missed games due to injury last year, even with the scary hip drop tackle. 700 fewer games missed.
couldn't find the actual data from 2023, but going back to 2020 (closest I could find)
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There were 2,113 injuries in 2020. the 15 hip drop tackles in 2023 would have been .7% of injuries.
there were 3.08 injuries per game that resulted in missed playing time. hip drop tackles were responsible for 0.05 of those injuries per game.
I haven't been able to find any starting QB that was taken out due to a hip drop tackle