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Defensive holding on an ineligible receiver
« on: November 17, 2015, 09:02:32 AM »
Receiver A88, running his pattern, accidentally steps out of bounds on his own and then reenters. B11, in man coverage, then slows him down by grabbing his jersey a) before or b) during a legal forward pass to A88. The pass falls incomplete.

I know what the test-question answer is, but *philosophically,* do supervisors want either of these called?

Does it matter if the play-call is a rollout or an option as opposed to a dropback? That is, does the philosophy change based on the likelihood of A88 doing anything besides running a route?

What if A88 touches the pass? What if the holding causes him to muff the pass and B22 intercepts it? What if the holding instead prevents him from batting an errant pass away from B22?