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I say DPI in this case. How do we know the direction of the pass? The hit changed the flight/path of the ball. A1 may have been the intended receiver but we don't know that. Now, if A2 is looking the complete opposite way, then yes, illegal use of hands. But from the sounds of your play, he was the intended receiver, the contact forces the ball off target by 5 yards. The intent of the rule is it isn't DPI if the ball is thrown to a totally different receiver, not just off target.
Common sense always wins out. Sometimes many of us forget that at times, inlcuding me!
[Edited by grantsrc on Nov 4th, 2005 at 06:49 AM]
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