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REPLY: My thoughts are that the offensive receiver, knowing that the play is a pass, is required to avoid contact with the defender. Just because the defender contacts him doesn't give him license to push back or initiate any kind of retaliatory contact that frees him up or creates any kind of separation. If the receiver ran at the d-back and extended his hands/arms to ward off the d-back, I think an OPI call is a distinct possibility.
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Bob M.
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