One play, in particular, caught the attention of fans. It happened when Bengals' QB Joe Burrow was taken down by a horse-collar tackle. Indeed, it had viewers everywhere wondering how the refs could possibly miss that penaltyuntil we were all informed that it is not, in fact, a penalty.
As NBC Rules Analyst Terry McAuley quickly pointed out, a horse-collar penalty does not apply to quarterbacks when they are in the pocket.