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if it's the "rule" it should be called EVERY time. My point is that it's NOT. It happens on every passing play in every game, and it's part of the game.
By definition of the rule, "It is pass interference by either team when any player movement beyond the line of scrimmage significantly hinders the progress of an eligible player of such playerÂ’s opportunity to catch the ball."
By that definition, knocking the ball away is a foul. Instead of looking at the strict definition, consider the SPIRIT of the rule, which implies doing something that gives an unfair advantage to a player.
I just watched the video of the play. The defender grabbed the receiver, and the receiver pushed his arm away. That was it. Equally amount defensive pass interference by the letter of the law, but nobody here would have called that.
And to answer the posters question about why so many new people come out of the woodwork after a big game -- it's because people search for things after they see them. I stumbled across this forum because of the controversy and am very disappointed by the attitudes here.
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