Patriots Get Off the Field
New England slowed a pretty good opening drive by the Redskins, aided by an apparent non-call. On second-and-10 it looked like linebacker Mike Vrabel brought Clinton Portis down with a horse collar tackle but no flag flew. That led to a third-and-10 for Washington that it failed to pick up when the pass to tight end Chris Cooley was broken up.
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Troy Aikman explained that inside the tackles and behind the line of scrimmage the "horse collar" rule does not apply.
He went on to explain that the rule was instituted to mainly protect wide receivers when they are outside.