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Anonymous
Would someone mind explaining the concept of offensive pass interference? I mean, how the hell do you interfere with something that wasn't supposed to happen? It boggles my mind.
>> Anonymous
Wait, wut? Usually the point is, it was GONNA happen until they interfered. Or held, beforehand. Sometimes it's bogus, both ways, but usually it's a decent call. I wish they'd call more obstruction or whatever in hockey when an offensive player has a defenseman clearly beaten and the latter just grabs em, that shit sucks.
>> Anonymous
l2football
>> Anonymous
>>276290
My bad, didn't see the OFFENSIVE part. It's usually reserved for the patented 'Randy Moss PushOff' ... but lately his reputation precedes him and sometimes they call it on him even when he doesn't. There are other instances but I'm in olympic mode and can't think right now... obviously, per first failpost.
>> Anonymous
Eh, it's just that every time I've seen the call it has seemed so fucking ridiculous.
>> Anonymous
>>276306

Originally it was that Michael Irvin was just so big and strong that cornerbacks and defensive backs would get manhandled by him.

Basically after a receiver travels I believe 5 yards from the line of scrimmage, the defensive back isn't allowed to touch him until he catches the ball (unless they're making a play on the ball itself, ie trying to swat it away instead of tackling him before the ball reaches him), which is obviously defensive pass interference. Because of this things like the "Randy Moss Pushoff" became an incredibly dominant technique, since the DB can't exactly shove his arms away any more, as it would be defensive pass interference.
>> Anonymous
>>276784
Good call on Irvin, guys like those are the main cause of it lately, but it happens in other instances as well, obviously. Sometimes it's needed to prevent the interception.