re: Wasn't the 08' game a decently called game by the refs?

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What your picture doesn't show is that the ball was tipped in the opposite direction of the receiver just after that picture. The receiver had no chance to catch the ball. Therefore it was deemed uncatchable and the pass interference (which WAS called) by rule had to be picked up.

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I don't think thats right. I think they said it was a tipped ball, but I don't think they said the tip made the ball uncatchable, they just incorrectly said the tip occurred before contact was made.
What you're talking about doesn't make any sense. Pass interference is a penalty called at the time the interference occurs- at the time the contact occurred, that ball was "catchable" by any definition you want to use.

Think of the implications of implementing the rules your way. A DB could just throw a WR on the ground, and then catch the ball in front of where the WR was standing. At that point, the ball would have been uncatchable by the WR, due to the DB possessing it in front of where the WR had been waiting to catch it.