In addition to them trying to figure out what is and isn’t a catch, the NFL Competition Committee is reportedly currently hard at work examining a few other potential rule changes as well. One of proposals offered by the committee this offseason is to change the penalty for defensive pass interference from a spot foul to a 15-yard penalty at most.
NFL competition committee is discussing the possibility of limiting defensive pass interference penalties to, at most, 15 yards.
— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) February 27, 2018
According to stats kept by Pro Football Reference, defensive pass interference was called 266 times in 2017, or more than once per game for an average of 18.