Always an expanded neutral zone?

[Mike Simonds]

I appreciate all your comments...

Upon further review, I felt very good about upholding the penalty for ineligible receiver illegally down-field on a forward pass that crossed the neutral zone.

It would be OPI if the pass was anyway near the blocker who was downfield.

In my view, it just looks too obvious to have an offensive lineman downfield beyond the expanded neutral zone (in this case, I remember he was at least 5 to 8 yards past the line of scrimmage when the pass was in the air).

Its like those obvious calls like false starts, illegal formations, etc.; sometimes an advantage is not gained but the action is so obvious you just have to call it...