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The NFL’s pass interference replay system is broken and it’s quickly becoming a joke.
After the New Orleans Saints were robbed of a chance to go to the Super Bowl because NFL refs missed an obvious pass interference penalty at a crucial point in the NFC championship game, the NFL decided to implement a new pass interference replay review system to prevent such an egregious error from happening in the future.
The new replay system gives coaches the ability to challenge offensive and defensive pass interference penalties in the first 28 minutes of each half, with the final two minutes subject to booth review.
Unfortunately, the NFL has overturned very few pass interference calls on the field this season and a play during last night’s Patriots-Giants game highlights the issues with the new pass interference review system.
Watch as Pats’ Jonathan Jones clearly grabs Giants WR Golden Tate by the arm and was not called for a pass interference penalty on the play.
How is this NOT called Pass interference ?? And then call upheld? pic.twitter.com/MZHL1hem32
— Bob Pompeani (@KDPomp) October 11, 2019
Giants head coach Pat Shurmur challenge the call but it was somehow not overturned which led to people calling out the NFL over the broken review system
#NFL officials have gone rogue. 100-percent. This wasn’t called on the field and then wasn’t changed after it was flagged by the #Giants. So they ruled TWICE that this wasn’t defensive pass interference. Which is just blatantly wrong and a purposeful refusal to change the call. pic.twitter.com/BY2rRE6gQc
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) October 11, 2019
If that isn’t pass interference, why even have replay on them?
— Sam Farmer (@LATimesfarmer) October 11, 2019
NFL pass interference review policy exists for one reason: to give off the appearance that the league addressed the Rams-Saints debacle last season.
That's it.
We're now to the point where the non-application of the new policy is worse than what prompted it in the first pace.
— Sports is History (@SportsbyBrooks) October 11, 2019
If you asked 100 referees if that was defensive pass interference, without telling them whether it was called or not, I’m not convinced a single one would say no. Only thing more annoying than adding more rules is not enforcing clear violations of them.
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) October 11, 2019
This was NOT overturned and called pass interference after the #Giants challenged it
Tate was also held earlier in the route, but that's not the point.
If the #NFL is not going to overturn this, what is the point of the new PI challenge? Is it really ONLY to avoid another LAR-NO? https://t.co/c8mM3ntg8i— Dan Schneier (@DanSchneierNFL) October 11, 2019
The NFL is going to have to address this insanity sooner than later.