Official business. (I-formation).

I get held a lot. The guy I'm blocking probably feels the same way (although he's wrong). And neither of us is shy about alerting the officials to the other's transgressions.

If it's not me, it's at least one lineman on each team complaining about holding, illegal hands to the face, neutral-zone infraction, something. We yell; we plead; we do anything it takes to get the official to throw the flag. To his credit, he'll give it right back at us.

"He was holding me!" I scream. "Didn't you see that?"

"That was not holding," he responds. "He wasn't holding you long enough. I was watching that play." Or he says, "I didn't see it; I didn't see it." Well, at least they're honest.

I do my share of complaining. I figure that if I keep hanging on it, they'll call it eventually. Of course, if I draw attention to my matchup, the one time I actually may hold is the moment the umpire is staring at me, and my plan backfires. I'm not saying this tactic doesn't have flaws.

That's why I ...