[Steve_Seattle]

It’s hard for the ref to watch the play on the receiver and the flight of the ball - that never got to the receiver - at the same time. He probably threw the flag based on what he saw happen to the receiver, and then the other refs ruled the ball was uncatchable. But as I said in my post, pass interference and holding are two different penalties, and if the penalty is holding it might be irrelevant whether the ball was catchable. Holding often occurs early in a route, before it is even possible to establish whether the ball would have been catchable.

[Labyrinthos]

I understand what you are saying, but after having watched the play again and again from every angle, the call should have been interference. The issue is not whether he would have caught the ball, but whether he would have had an opportunity to catch the ball if not for the contact. Forget about the fact that this is Gronk who has a long history of catching uncatchable balls; in my opinion any decent TE/WR would have had a legitimate shot at making the catch if not for the mugging. Again, I am a Jets fan. I'm glad the Pats lost. But the refs got this one wrong.