Currently Rostered Players Who Should be on the Redskins in 2011

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Originally Posted by Beemnseven

The other strategy teams use against Brian Orakpo is to exercise the "The Brian Orakpo Rule" -- a little known passage in the NFL Rulebook which allows opponents of the Washington Redskins to hold Orakpo constantly and egregiously throughout the game, without penalty from the officials except in very rare cases.

He still leads the NFL in times held with 10, so they're not missing any more holds on him than on other elite pass rushers. There have been some really egregious misses that have led to big plays for the opponent, but he draws the holds with the best of them.