Nfl opi

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

I disagree. Loss of possession is way too much of a penalty.

When you interfere with the other team's player's opp'ty to catch the ball -- whether they were the passing team or you were -- why shouldn't the penalty be at least as if the fouled player had caught the ball there?

The justification at lower levels for an enforcement from the previous spot is that the players don't catch as well, so the rules don't presume the fouled player would've caught the ball.