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Originally Posted by Adam
No, the rule says nothing about the timing of the interception with regard to the contact when determining whether the ball was catchable. No one here disputes the contact was before, so your strawman may burn brightly, but you've done nothing to refute the fact that the ball was uncatchable. Your still-shot does nothing to change that.
The ball was intercepted well before it got to where Gronk was impeded. Thus, by rule, the ball was not catchable and the DPI is voided.
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If he hadn't been impeded, he may have had a play on the ball. That's all that needs to be said.
It certainly wasn't "clearly uncatchable."