Faceguarding - What is this?

[Sleeper]

Need some help. In this clip, does the action warrant a faceguarding call?

http://home.comcast.net/~george.oneal/

[Jim D]

I don't think that was faceguarding. The defender made a legitimate attempt to get the ball. Had the closer guy not intercepted, the defender's move would have looked even better.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Sleeper

Need some help. In this clip, does the action warrant a faceguarding call?

http://home.comcast.net/~george.oneal/

It looked like pretty darned good defense and an underthrown ball, to me.

What exactly was the flag for? DPI? They wuz robbed!

[grantsrc]

I think a prudent call on this play would be a no-call. I know in HS there is no such thing as a "catchable pass" but there is no need to call DPI on this play. The ball was WAY underthrown and even the DB closest to the WR in question was turning around to the ball and playing the ball, as best he could considering the ball is 5 yards away.

Also, something else, this is hard considering 5 man we are covering so much ground, but we should try to be stationary when making calls. If you're moving when making a call, your eyes are moving too which makes it harder to see things clearly. JMHO.

[AZ Line Judge]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

It looked like pretty darned good defense and an underthrown ball, to me.

What exactly was the flag for? DPI? They wuz robbed!

Hard to say for sure, but I'm not sure it was flagged. It looked like he threw his bean bag.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AZ Line Judge

Hard to say for sure, but I'm not sure it was flagged. It looked like he threw his bean bag.

Well, considering there's no reason in the world to bag an INT (excepting a momentum play) I never considered it. Looked like a flag in slow-mo to me.

[Bob M.]

REPLY: No way this should ever be called pass interference. Since the B appeared to throw whatever it was straight up into the air, I can't imagine it was a bean bag. I would assume he was flagging something.

[tnzebra]

Before we make judgement...... did we see the whole play? I'm not sure I saw enough to definately say there was no DPI. It looks as though to me that the second defender could have been clearing the receiver away from the catch. In my opinion we probably should not have had a penalty but I'm not sure I have seen enough to be 100% sure. Just my opinion......

[ZMan]

Based on what I see in the video I would not call this pass interference. The receiver is still running backwards when the defender caught the ball. Now, there may have been intereference before the camera brought the 3 players into view but based on what I can see on camera, I don't think it's face guarding.

[MJT]

I say no. Looking at it by stepping thru pause and play it looks as if the defender turns to fiind the ball at the same time he puts his hand up in the air. That would not be faceguarding.