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Originally Posted by Mike L
what rule might that be?
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Rule 9-2-3d which says under Illegal Use of Hands and Holding,
"Contact with an eligible receiver who is no longer a potential blocker."
And if you look in the Simplified and Illustrated Rulebook on page 141 it says, "When No. 80 is no longer a potential blocker, contacting the receiver is illegal use of hands by the defense. Once No. 80
(there are two descriptions of this play) is on the same yard line as the defender or after he has made his cut away from the defender, he is no longer a potential blocker. If this contact occurs after a forward pass which crosses the neutral zone is in flight, it is defensive passing interference."
Of course we were not talking about a pass, but we were talking about contact before a pass was thrown.
Peace