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Originally posted by The Ref of OZ!!!
The wide receiver is heading down field with the defensive back right next to him on his inside shoulder..... The receiver turns to see the ball thown to the inside, behind the defender's back. The receiver attempts to get to the ball by running into the defender. The defender never turned to see the ball, didn't seem to be aware of where the ball was. What would you have called???
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Lets look at the same play with the receiver and defender exchanging positions and see if we come up with the same call.
The defender is heading down field with the wide receiver right next to him on his inside shoulder..... The defender turns to see the ball thrown to the inside, behind the receiver's back. The defender attempts to get to the ball by running into the receiver. The receiver never turned to see the ball, didn't seem to be aware of where the ball was. What would you have called???
If you say defensive PI, how can this be pass interference on the defender but not on the receiver when he did the EXACT SAME THING.
If you say offensive PI, this would be consistent with your earlier call of defensive PI in the original play but I wouldn't agree with this call either.
Another flag I would like to raise is how the original play is worded with "the receiver running into the defender". Had it been worded "the receiver and defender ran into each other" I would have defensive PI. Most of the time in a play like this, the defender is usually unable to stop without running into the receiver. My call is based on the receiver initiating contact, running into the defender.