The league knows the officials did a lot of stuff wrong on the play and is sort of admitting it
By Will Brinson | CBS Sports
The NFL has yet to say anything about the lack of a pass interference call on Nickell Robey-Coleman and it's making lots of people very angry. Amidst a government shutdown early Friday, there was a Louisiana senator on the floor of a government building with blown-up editions of New Orleans newspapers complaining about the call.
Good news, everyone: the NFL sent a message. Bad news, everyone: they only did so by fining Robey-Coleman and they didn't even fine him for the pass interference portion of the program.
Worse news, everyone: the NFL's message means two flags should have been thrown when the Saints got jobbed, because Robey-Coleman was fined more than $26K for a helmet-to-helmet hit.
So, yeah, the problem here is that the NFL isn't just admitting that it screwed up by not flagging Robey-Coleman for defensive pass interference. ...
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By Will Brinson | CBS Sports
The NFL has yet to say anything about the lack of a pass interference call on Nickell Robey-Coleman and it's making lots of people very angry. Amidst a government shutdown early Friday, there was a Louisiana senator on the floor of a government building with blown-up editions of New Orleans newspapers complaining about the call.
Good news, everyone: the NFL sent a message. Bad news, everyone: they only did so by fining Robey-Coleman and they didn't even fine him for the pass interference portion of the program.
Worse news, everyone: the NFL's message means two flags should have been thrown when the Saints got jobbed, because Robey-Coleman was fined more than $26K for a helmet-to-helmet hit.
So, yeah, the problem here is that the NFL isn't just admitting that it screwed up by not flagging Robey-Coleman for defensive pass interference. ...
Full Story - CBS Sports
