It really was. They reinstated the rule later in the 2nd half, once the game was out of hand.........The Redskins gameplan was to blast our receivers before the ball got there, and keep doing it as long as they're not calling it.
How that game was considered a fair blow out, I'm not sure. We were the vaunted K Gun, but when your receivers don't have a fair shot at making receptions, what good does that do you.
As for Andre, not going over the middle, what a joke that notion is.........If I picture an Andre typical catch, it's him going straight across the middle, catching it with his hands, while his body stays fully in stride. He was amazing at that.