Over the past few years, the NFL has made an effort to limit player arrests, and new data indicates that those policies have been a success. The problem got so bad that the league was forced to crack down on it after hiring Roger Goodell as the NFL’s new sheriff that August. But it didn’t quite work. Another surge of criminal cases disrupted the league in 2013 and 2014, prompting it to revamp its strategy. Read more: https://bit.ly/2C87FXO Subscribe: https://goo.gl/E7X3NA Check out the latest in sports: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatodaysports Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/usatodaysports Follow Us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/usatodaysports/