And that part of the play, per the NFL Rule Book, is a horse-collar tackle. Per ESPN's Kevin Seifert: NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.

The NFL — often to a fault — goes out of its way to protect quarterbacks. Did officials fail Josh Allen on Sunday? The Buffalo Bills quarterback was on the receiving end of an apparent horse ...

One did – but not for a horse-collar tackle. When Haason Reddick flung Josh Allen to the ground, many assumed a flag was coming. One did – but not for a horse-collar tackle.

The horse collar was so blatant that Allen’s jersey was actually torn, but officials did nothing about it. The Bills ended up getting no points when a subsequent field goal attempt was blocked.

Unfortunately they're not getting any help from the officials, as a blatant horse-collar tackle on quarterback Josh Allen went uncalled. The play came as the Bills faced second-and-goal at Philly ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The referees missed at least one obvious call in last week’s 21-16 Indianapolis win over Chicago, although the call did not end up having much bearing on the final outcome ...

A horse collar tackle can't be called if the quarterback is in the pocket, and grounding call only be called if the quarterback is in the pocket. So even though Allen seems out of the pocket, ...

But the NFL did fine Sweat $16,883 for a horse-collar tackle in the days after the game, an acknowledgement that an infraction had been committed.

A horse-collar penalty would have set the Bills up with first down inside the Eagles' 2-yard line. The intentional grounding call instead put the Bills at third-and-goal at the Philadelphia 16 ...

Bears defensive end Montez Sweat reached out and grabbed Indianapolis running back Jonathan Taylor by the jersey at the back of his shoulder pads and yanked down, a clear horse-collar considering ...