Enforcement on the punt return that never was

[RadioBlue]

Video: Hester fakes punt return while Knox fields it 30 yards away - Shutdown Corner - NFLBlog - Yahoo! Sports
If you look just under and to the left of the FoxBox the moment the kick occurs, you can see the hold. It was clearly not during the return. Also, the flag gets nowhere near the foul and is thrown by the official at the GL pylon.

The hold was there, but I'm having some difficulty with how it was enforced, as well.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by RadioBlue

Video: Hester fakes punt return while Knox fields it 30 yards away - Shutdown Corner - NFLBlog - Yahoo! Sports
If you look just under and to the left of the FoxBox the moment the kick occurs, you can see the hold. It was clearly not during the return. Also, the flag gets nowhere near the foul and is thrown by the official at the GL pylon.

The hold was there, but I'm having some difficulty with how it was enforced, as well.

I agree with everything here.

The foul was clearly a hold while the ball was in flight.

[Canned Heat]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I agree with everything here.

The foul was clearly a hold while the ball was in flight.

I've watched this on both angles. If you look at the Fox cam from the "punter's view", you can see he gets tugged quite well at about the :06 mark in the video. I've heard others say it was probably IC/hands to the face on that first one at that point and that the hold occurred as the camera switched shots to the airborne punt about 3 seconds off the snap while they were all releasing downfield.