“This defender was facing the receiver.”
He didn’t have any choice the receiver was holding his facemask. You can see it at the start of the video here:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/refs-pick-up-flag-dallas-cowboys-detroit-lions
The receiver did let go when the ball was thrown...
Not sure what you might have seen. I see a receiver putting his hands up to catch a pass, and a defender interfering. I guess we see what we want to see...
“He didn’t have any choice the receiver was holding his facemask. You can see it at the start of the video here:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/refs-pick-up-flag-dallas-cowboys-detroit-lions
The receiver did let go when the ball was thrown...”
None of this matters. Defensive pass interference is not a reviewable play/call by replay. What does matter is that they called DPI, announced DPI, then waived DPI. Why?