NFL may eliminate "spot foul" part of defensive pass interference

[BengalHawk62]

(03-01-2018, 12:06 PM)grampahol Wrote: PI is about the only foul that can result in a penalty of more than 15 yards so why subject ONLY db's to this silliness ? 
Think about it.  No other foul can change the outcome of a game more than PI.. Even blatantly tackling and beating up the kicker can only be a 15 yard penalty.. There's got to be some middle ground between a 50 yard ticky tacky pi call and an extremely violent and brutal foul by say, a defensive lineman..  if a wr can swing the game by so much one direction penalizing db's then there should be  some equitable penalty that offensive players can be subjected to to swing it the opposite direction, but  there isn't . I don't know .maybe the qb kicking a defensive player in the nuts? 15 yards per nut?  Getting proof could get kind of freaky, eh?

(03-02-2018, 01:16 PM)grampahol Wrote: Strangely enough within this debate about defensive backs mugging receivers it works the same way for every team (or at least in theory). Unless you're going to acknowledge that yes, refs can and do throw games to favor certain teams over others you can't really make the claim that any particular team is going to get the built in advantage through the rule change. 
If the steelers or pats can have their db's tackle receivers to prevent TDs then obviously the Bengals can too.. 
What would be interesting is to find out what teams get the most PI calls in their favor and is it consistent year in, year out? 
It seems to me that it might just eliminate some of the mystery PI calls that often swing game outcomes so drastically. 
How many times have you watched a game where you thought the Bengals had the game in the bag only to see some mysterious PI call at the last minute. The line of scrimmage suddenly goes from our 33 yardline to  their 8 yardline and nobody actually caught the ball? You just can't get much murkier or fishier than that. And yes, murkier and fishier are technical terms specific to football that result in more new TV sales because of blunt objects being thrown at screens than any other single factor. .

I am in 100% agreement with gramps one this one.   eliminate that "spot foul" crap.  at least try to make it fair for defenses.  The offense has all the advantages and its one of the reasons why the NFL is being ruined.

as far as the fumbling out of bounds in the end zone issue.....giving the ball back to the other team is just plan asinine as well. Seriously, who came up with these 'ingenious' rules?  at what point did the defense gain any point of control over the ball that went out of bounds?  how come its not like that if someone fumbles out of bounds at the 46 yard line?  why doesn't the ball get turned over then?