NFL Allows Pass Interference to be Reviewed
The NFL has just recently ruled to allow pass interference calls to be reviewed.NFL team owners voted yesterday on allowing all pass interference calls to be challenged by the coaches.
Clubs voted to expand replay review to cover offensive and defensive pass interference. The change will be evaluated after one year. Reviews to be initiated by coaches’ challenge unless in the last 2 mins of the half or game (initiated in NY) pic.twitter.com/odMNnb3V69
— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) March 27, 2019
Teams no longer need to worry about a pass interference call that is not within the two-minute warning in each half. The new rule will allow coaches to throw a challenge flag for any pass interference call made, or not made.
It has been reported that the challenge will rule for both offensive and defensive pass interference.
This call in the Super Bowl was used by the committee as an example of a call that was wrong on the field which could be reviewed.
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 27, 2019
After review, they said this would have been changed to a pass interference & Rams ball, 1st & Goal at the 1.
FYI, Goff threw an INT on 2nd down. pic.twitter.com/1pB76ZNITf
A voting that you think would have been unanimous, but there was one team that voted against it.
The Bengals are the only team that voted against the new DPI and OPI rule, per sources
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) March 27, 2019
In a league where every call counts, it is hard to see why the Bengals would vote against it.
Referencing last season only, there were numerous calls that were clearly missed and could have possibly been difference makers.
Written by: Conor D Sherman
