Often there are different opinions when NFL referees interference with passing the flag.
The League's policy does not include language defining what constitutes a flow obstruction, so it is still considered a judgment call.
Jon Gruden, who coached the team Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the franchise's first Super Bowl title in 2002, it ran with an often-criticized rule.
In the NFL, when the officials call a pass interference, the ball is placed in foul territory. There have been instances where a pass interference call has resulted in a team benefiting from 25 or more penalty yards before the next snap.
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Raiders head coach Jon Gruden runs off the field at halftime during a game against the Chicago Bears Oct. 10, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
After admitting game disruption was one of his biggest concerns for the NFL, Gruden suggested the league adopt a similar penalty. college football force Instead of putting the ball where the foul occurred, Gruden could have chosen to have the ball travel 15 inches on the penalty.
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“I'm going to make it a college rule, for sure, because some of these interference calls affect a game, just one game there,” Gruden said during his freshman appearance.Forgive me“podcast.
Gruden then made a kind of emotional call.
“I don't think there's a common thread as to what is and what isn't a nuisance,” he said. “I think this team is a little bit different from that team. It's a penalty now, which I think has taken a lot of games.”
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden talks through a headset during the first half of a game against the Chicago Bears Oct. 10, 2021, Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rick Scooteri)
After a podcast co-host suggested that an NFL quarterback could drop the ball and be rewarded with a free yard, Gruden argued that play interference should only be used in situations where it was clear ' and “obviously” a mistake has been made.
An NFL sign before the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 25, 2022, Miami Gardens, Fla. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
“Jerry Austin taught me that the most intrusive should call themselves. We should all sit in a bar in Chicago and go, 'That's the PI.' It should be a common, obvious distraction otherwise, let these guys play.
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In 2019, the league adopted a proposal that made pass interference a reviewable play. The decision appeared to be in response to a controversial play in the 2018 NFC championship game.
The vendors didn't call what many argued was a pass rush during the NFC title game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints. The Rams beat the Saints in overtime and advanced to the Super Bowl.
NFL teams' ability to test pass interference was repealed in 2020.
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