re: The hold on Perkins on that touchdown pass in pics

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Those first three pics will never be called holding.

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WRONG.

They are allowed to hold inside the shoulders of the defender. #54 clearly has his right arm on the outside of Perkins' arm and his hand on top of the pads.

His left hand is grabbing the back of Perkins' pads/jersey. That is HOLD.

As the play progressed, #54's right arm slid over to Perkins' facemask as Perkins was trying to free himself.

After the facemask Perkins was being pulled down by his right arm.

That cost us at least 4 points and maybe 7, since a penalty would have moved them to about midfield. They would have needed 20+ yards on 3rd down to get within field goal range.