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In regards to the NFL and how often pass interference is called, Ive BEEN saying that its a little overboard and I dont like how its almost impossible to play defense anymore when everything is illegal use of the hands or interference. As for the widely debated call last night, I can see where people are upset as, according to the way PI has been called this season, that call should have stood BUT I truly do believe that its not interference as there are 2 factors I think come into play here. Firstly the defensive player is entitled to run the route and Hitchens clearly did not interfere with Pettigrews route. Secondly, Stafford under threw the ball and that caused Pettigrew to have to adjust and come back on his route therefore Hitchens was then in the route but the ball hit his shoulder pad, he didnt interfere with Pettigrews hands. Assuming the PI call stood and Detroit got the first down, the way Dallas defense was playing, theres a high chance that Detroit still only managed to get a field goal and not a touchdown (the 2 previous scores allowed by Dallas were only field goals). Now with all that said, I would not be complaining had the call stood because its a fine line of whether there was interference or not but all that aside, the refs didnt win the game for Dallas, Dallas won the game and Detroit didnt get it done. Yes Dallas went and scored a touchdown (which the way the momentum had been going the whole 4th quarter they would have scored once they got the ball back anyways) but it only put them up by 4 and Detroit got the ball back with 2 and a half minutes left, they had the opportunity to win the game and the Dallas defense came up with the game winning stop, the end.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:40:14 +0000

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