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Originally Posted by FootballRef05
Did he interfer with the receiver running his route? I'm sure you are going to say no flag, but in that thinking why wouldn't a line backer "slip" anytime he can so the receiver trip over him. I know we are talking about a judgment call and it's hard to determine without seeing it. A B player can not impede or interfer with the receiver right to run his route and get to the ball. I think it is DPI.
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Actually it was our receiver who was tripped and the LJ said it was incidental contact even tho the ball was in the air and past the LOS...my question to him was exactly what you said "Why wouldn't we always "slip" in front of receivers then...