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 banned the horse-collar tackle in May 2005 by a 27-5 vote after a proposal to take it out of the game was tabled at the league's annual meetings two months earlier. The rule passed after ...

The horse-collar rule first went into effect in college in 2008. The NFL made the horse-collar tackle a 15-yard personal foul in 2005, and it was known at first as the “Roy Williams Rule ...

The so-called "horse-collar" tackle, which came under heavy scrutiny from the NFL's powerful competition committee after Cowboys safety Roy Williams injured four with the maneuver in 2004, was ...

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 ...

Horse-collar tackles: A penalty for a horse collar will now include the nameplate area of a player's jersey. Previously, the rule applied to the inside collar of the shoulder pad and jersey.

Keion White jokes that he’s starting a Go Fund Me after his recent fine for last Sunday’s horse-collar tackle. In total, the #Patriots DE has been fined over $40k this season.

Because this is his second offense for a horse-collar tackle, White's latest fine was increased to $22,511. Fines not an issue. Despite the fines, White has been a standout performer for the Patriots.

The second-year defensive end was fined nearly $20,000 for a horse-collar tackle and roughing the passer fouls he committed in Week 5. White owes the league $9,836 per penalty, according to the NFL.

The play went down as a 77-yard completion to Watson, added with the horse-collar penalty which was enforced as half the distance to the goal. With the game tied 10-10, the Packers had first-and ...

Raiders defensive back Marcus Peters will surely consider the $13,378 money well spent. That was the price of the fine for pulling Packers receiver Christian Watson down from behind with a ...