The following off-season, the league issued a point of emphasis edict from the competition committee about how defensive holding and illegal contact would be officiated.
Offensive holding is more than three times as common as defensive holding, and these penalties are a leading factor in this season's decreased scoring.
Through eight playoff games, there have been only six flags for defensive pass interference or defensive holding on a pass play.
By contrast, in 256 regular-season games, there were 402 penalties for defensive pass interference or defensive holding.
In college, penalties for defensive holding and pass interference are often called inconsistently and vary from conference to conference.
Due to several instances during the 2003-04 playoffs, officials are instructed to strictly enforce illegal contact, pass interference, and defensive holding.
The first penalty for defensive holding on an eligible receiver went against the Colts.
The days of playoff defense so physical that it inspired a rules emphasis on defensive holding seem to be over, however.
I saw it live and heard them complaining about Allen's defensive holding.
The international pieces of a nation's communications infrastructure, considered strategic and defensive holdings, can be controlled by some who may not share that nation's interests.