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New York Giants owner John Mara is “skeptical” the NFL‘s competition committee will make pass interference a reviewable call ahead of the 2019 season, according to Judy Battista of NFL Network.
Battista notes Mara does not believe there is any momentum for reviewing judgment calls and that the league has no plans to include non-calls into the umbrella of reviewable plays.
Mara also noted:
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More Mara on if, after discussion, no changes are made: “To think we are going to be in a system where calls are always going to be corrected from NY or upstairs, I don’t think we’re close to that.”
This comes on the same day Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, a member of the committee, stressed the group must be “careful” about the potential change, per Albert Breer of The MMQB.
“We’re gonna put a lot of energy into [the possibility of pass interference reviews],” he said.
Battista provided further comments from competition committee chairman Rich McKay, the president of the Atlanta Falcons:
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Rich McKay, chair of Comp. Comm. said there needs to be a top-down convo on instant replay, what they want it to be, etc. My impression: there is going to be a lot of talking about replay, but so far not much conviction that something specific has to be changed.
Although the idea has been floated for several years—with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick going as far as to suggest every play and call should be available for review—vocal support about pass interference reviews increased after the controversial NFC Championship Game.
Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman blatantly interfered with New Orleans Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis with just under two minutes left in the contest. No call was made.
So instead of a possible first down near the goal line in a tie game, the Saints were forced to kick a field goal. The Rams tied the score with 15 seconds left and proceeded to win it in overtime.
New Orleans head coach Sean Payton said NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron called him after the game to say “we messed it up.”
“It was simple. They blew the call,” Payton told reporters. “They said it should never have, not been a call. They said not only was it interference, it was helmet-to-helmet. There was two calls. They just couldn’t believe it.”
He added: “But we go into these league meeting and we sit as an ownership group and we don’t further evaluate the replay system. There’s just too much at stake.”
In January, Mark Maske of the Washington Post reported any recommendation by the competition committee, which has previously opposed making “judgment calls” available for review, would need approval from at least 24 of the NFL’s 32 owners to become a rule for 2019.
A decision could come when the NFL holds its annual league meeting from March 24 to March 27 in Phoenix.
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