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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 763621">Your complaint that I was addressing was the assumption the receiver would catch the ball.   That is the same as assuming a hold would impact a play.With the PI call, the official is not assuming a play outcome in the way you suggest.  He isn't granting a TD or an advancement of the ball past the point of infraction.  One can debate whether it should be a 15 yard penalty or something else, but the basic assumption is the same as with a holding call:  there's an infraction but nobody knows if the play would be affected or not.As for why a defender is not granted an INT on offensive PI, that's a different question and it happens to be a good one.  Why not?  The easy answer is we've seen some 40 years of rule changes, going back to the change whereby an offensive lineman could use his hands to block, that favor offense and scoring.  It would appear the league is starting to understand they may have gone a little overboard, perhaps in light of the Superbowl romp-a-thon, in considering this change to the PI rule.  But don't go too far!  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sneaky.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sneaky:" title="Sneaky    :sneaky:" data-shortname=":sneaky:" /></blockquote>

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