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Originally Posted by jjchieffan
I think that the holding penalty should not be called if it's away from the play. It's stupid to negate a good defensive play where the ball is at because of something across the field that had no effect whatsoever on the play.
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I think you have to call it, though. If a defender holds the quarterback's first read and then he looks elsewhere, it should still be a penalty. But the problem occurs because you've got multiple receivers out running routes, and if any one of them tangles with a defender, it's a first down, even if they were never looked at by the quarterback.