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Originally Posted by troutman

Or, PI should just be a 15 yard penalty, like the NCAA? As it is, I think spot of the foul is too punitive, and bails out QBs throwing up 50/50 balls.

NFL considered that in 2017:

https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/2/...-15-yards-rule

The argument against is that if a DB gets caught flat or turns his hips the wrong way and he knows he is going to get beat deep, then why not just tackle the receiver and limit what could be a 40 yd pass and/or TD to a 15 yd gain? It would be the smart move and im guessing would become something coached to defenses from training camp forward.

That would take a large chunk of a pretty exciting (and i would suggest most popular) component out of the game.