1. Pass Interference
1.1 During a down in which a legal forward pass is thrown, contact by either the offense or defense which interferes with an eligible receiver who is beyond the scrimmage lines is pass interference unless it occurs when two or more eligible receivers make a simultaneous and bona fide attempt to reach, catch, or bat a pass.
1.2 It is pass interference if the eligible receiver is de-flagged/flagged prior to touching the ball on a pass thrown beyond the line of scrimmage.