Former NFL coach Jon Gruden says move interference is ‘largest concern,’ suggests cap on penalty yardage

There are normally blended reactions when NFL referees flag move interference.

League coverage doesn’t embrace language to elucidate what constitutes move interference, so it’s nonetheless thought-about a judgment name. 

Jon Gruden, who coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the franchise’s first-ever Tremendous Bowl title in 2002, weighed in on the customarily criticized rule. 

Within the NFL, when officers name move interference, the ball is positioned on the spot of the foul. There have been cases the place a move interference name has resulted in a group benefiting from 25 or extra penalty yards earlier than the subsequent snap.

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Raiders head coach Jon Gruden runs off the sector for halftime throughout a sport towards the Chicago Bears Oct. 10, 2021, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.  (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Assessment-Journal/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photographs)

After admitting move interference was considered one of his high worries for the NFL, Gruden instructed the league undertake a penalty just like what school soccer enforces. As a substitute of putting the ball the place the foul occurred, Gruden would like the ball solely transfer 15 yards per penalty.

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“I’d make it the school rule, truthfully, as a result of a few of these move interference calls are impacting the sport, only one play there,” Gruden mentioned throughout a latest look on the “Pardon My Take” podcast. 

Gruden then introduced up the subjective nature of the decision. 

“I don’t assume there’s a typical thread in what’s and what isn’t move interference,” he mentioned. “I feel this crew calls it a bit totally different from that crew. That may be a penalty proper now that, I feel, has taken over a number of these video games.”

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden speaks on his headset through the first half of a sport towards the Chicago Bears Oct. 10, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Picture/Rick Scuteri)

After the podcast co-host instructed an NFL quarterback may merely underthrow a ball and be rewarded with free yardage, Gruden argued move interference ought to solely be utilized in conditions the place it was clear and “apparent” a foul was dedicated.

The NFL emblem previous to a sport between the Inexperienced Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins at Arduous Rock Stadium Dec. 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Photographs)

“Jerry Austin taught me that move interference ought to name itself. We should always all be sitting in a bar in Chicago and go, ‘That’s PI.’ It needs to be a typical, apparent move interference. In any other case, let these guys play. That is my feeling.” 

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In 2019, the league accredited a proposal that made move interference a reviewable play. The choice seemed to be a response to a controversial play within the 2018 season’s NFC championship sport. 

Referees didn’t name what many argued was move interference through the NFC title sport between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints. The Rams defeated the Saints in additional time and superior to the Tremendous Bowl.

NFL groups’ capacity to assessment move interference was scrapped in 2020.

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