And there came the yellow hankie. When he restarted his sprint after the hesitation, he ran right into Harris. Yeah, you remember. The yellow hankie. Harris was hit with the interference beef.
Every game seems to have a blizzard of yellow laundry.
The truth is that, while the NFL officials have redefined the rules concerning pass interference since the 1998 season, the incidence of the infraction is up just barely. It's such a high-impact foul, it seems like there's more. My guess is that I rebelled against the way PI is being called because I'm used to the old way. Over the last two years, Pereira has established detailed guidelines for PI by viewing countless hours of videotape. Those guidelines, said Pereira, have clarified things, but now the officials are dealing with exceptions even within those guidelines.