Competition committee recommends expanding reviews to include pass interference calls after Saints-Rams blunder (1 Viewer)

[saints4eva]

Per Yahoo Sports


"Expanding reviewable plays to include pass interference

The New Orleans Saints found themselves on the wrong end of a no-call during their NFC Championship game against the Los Angeles Rams last season — one that left their fanbase rightfully furious.

Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman drilled Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis on a critical third down late in the game, which everybody — even Robey-Coleman — believes warranted a pass interference call. That call never came.

The competition committee has a plan to fix that — or at least attempt to fix that.

One of the rule changes that the committee proposed would expand the reviewable plays in instant replay to include fouls for pass interference — something that is not currently allowed to be reviewed. It would also expand automatic replays to include all scoring plays, turnovers negated by a foul and any extra point and two-point conversion attempt.

Had that rule been in place during the NFC Championship game, the Saints likely would have earned a foul call on that controversial play — which would have likely paved them a path to reach the Super Bowl.

The key to this proposal, however, is that it will only be in place for one year if it is approved. If it ends up being successful, though, then it’s certainly something that could be put in place longterm."

Competition committee recommends expanding reviews to include pass interference calls after Saints-Rams blunder

The NFL Competition Committee proposed 16 rule changes for next season, which NFL owners will have the opportunity to vote on next week.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Epic Brownie]

Can they recommend Roger to leave for a year and see how that goes?

 

[St.Fury]

I’m not seeing anything in the language that allows for PI non-calls. Am I just missing it?

 

[LiterOCola]

I’m not seeing anything in the language that allows for PI non-calls. Am I just missing it?

Given this is in direct response to the Saints Rams playoff game I’d suspect “PI being reviewable” will include both called and non-called penalties.

 

[wamland]

I’m not seeing anything in the language that allows for PI non-calls. Am I just missing it?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[St.Fury]

Given this is in direct response to the Saints Rams playoff game I’d suspect “PI being reviewable” will include both called and non-called penalties.

Common sense says so. But the NFL often goes against common sense.

 

[dutar76]

I'd like to see them make targeting reviewable. It would boost my belief that the league actually gives a crap about player safety. And it might even extend Kamara's career playing ATL twice a year.

 

[Saint Taysom]

Well... that and $0.25 will get us a gum-ball, but it doesn't change the fact the Saints were undeniably cheated out of a Super Bowl appearance and the coward commissioner of the league basically went into hiding for as long as possible before essentially shrugging it off just prior to his tainted Big Game. Something could have and SHOULD HAVE been done at the time this atrocity took place, but that piece of garbage decided to do nothing. He ruined a game I've loved my whole life, and anything short of him being cast-away in shame and embarrassment is just too little too late.

 

[JackT.]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26325397/nfl-committee-proposes-revamp-instant-replay don't see it happening. same old same old.

 

[St.Fury]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26325397/nfl-committee-proposes-revamp-instant-replay don't see it happening. same old same old.

According to that article...

Importantly, neither would allow review of plays in which no fouls were called, meaning they could not be used in the future to address the kind of controversial missed pass interference call that occurred late in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game.

 

[JackT.]

so why even bring up a rule change when it is really an expansion of an old rule.

 

[St. Pike]

What I read, it is only reviewable if it is called on the field. This actually doesn't address what happens NFCCG. I suspect we will get more PIs as the referees will side on caution. Common sense tells you at the moment it happens if the referee had any doubt, he will just throw the flag since it will be reviewable.

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[BreesIsMyFather]

so they just kicking the can some more?

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

That rule change would result in the same debacle we suffered in the NFCCG. The California Kids swallowed their flags.

 

[insidejob]

What I read, it is only reviewable if it is called on the field. This actually doesn't address what happens NFCCG. I suspect we will get more PIs as the referees will side on caution. Common sense tells you at the moment it happens if the referee had any doubt, he will just throw the flag since it will be reviewable.

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Is it reviewed automatically or does it require a challenge? If it requires a challenge, then the abundance of flags on PI thrown out of caution because it's reviewable won't matter anyway because of the way the challenge system is set up. PI should be reviewed every time it's questionable from the booth if they're going to do it. And not doing anything to prevent what happened to us in the NFCCG really makes me ambivalent about any change to the rule anyway.

IMO, a team should be able to challenge no calls on anything that would be a personal foul or pass interference. Wouldn't take any longer if they include it in the already established challenge system. The CFL has been getting it right for years now so the only reason I can see the NFL not wanting to allow the challenge of no calls would be taking their ability to sway a game's outcome out of their hands.

This is just garbage:

The committee left the combine with a mandate to study the concept of a sky judge, in essence an eighth member of the officiating crew who would sit in the press box and have authority to correct clear and obvious mistakes. But there was internal league concern about the viability of finding enough qualified officials to hire, and the committee is not making a recommendation on it for 2019.

Competition committee chairman Rich McKay said that "no member of the committee" supported the sky judge concept

You could find enough qualified fans to fill these positions to make calls from upstairs on obvious blown calls. What a cop out.