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Belichick says Patriots practice neutral-zone infraction reaction weekly

You almost had to give Rob Torbert's officiating crew credit for being so open about the whole thing. They made a mistake, and they owned up to it quickly, knowing all the while that they'd be skewered for it later.

With about six-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first half, the Patriots set up to punt from their own 14-yard line on fourth-and-five. Before the ball was snapped, Geneo Grissom was penalized for a false start that would've pushed the Patriots back to their nine.

Instead the officials reversed the call, and instead flagged Tennessee's Brynden Trawick for a neutral-zone infraction.