Well he had his hands on it. I don't know how "easy" it was, it was a heck of a leap, especially to keep his feet in. Lots of CBs wouldn't have even got their hands on it. But he did, and you know the rule. So however "easy" it may have been he "should have" had the INT.
But it's not like he doesn't have a long history of big time INTs. You can cut him a little slack I think.