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Report: Competition Committee 'Not in Favor of Change' to Defensive PI Penalty

There is reportedly unlikely to be a change to the defensive pass interference rule in the NFL for the 2018 season.

According to NFL.com's Judy Battista, the NFL Competition Committee is not expected to recommend a new rule to owners at next week's annual league meetings.

Defensive pass interference is currently a spot foul, but there had been some discussion about making it a 15-yard penalty like in college football.

There are logical arguments to be made both in favor and opposition of a change to the pass interference penalty.

In one respect, pass interference is a judgment call, and the fact that it's a spot foul means defenses can be penalized in a massive way if an official makes a bad call.