Is this a holding penalty?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by refinks

As a non-football official, just for my own curiosity in case I do start officiating football, in the OPs play in question, how many of you would have called it a hold?

Without knowing what should and shouldn't be a hold, I'd be inclined to hold the flag on this one

There is a little more to a hold than what we saw. You have to have a material restriction and you have to have it happen at the point of attack. The NFL wants even more take downs or you will have play after play with some kind of holding. And as an college and high school official, I call holdings when there is likely a take down and material restriction. At the higher levels, players have to do a little more to fight through what looks like holding. When they give up or just accept their position, they do not get the call in their favor.

Peace