Tens of millions of people could plainly see when Los Angeles Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman committed a blatant pass interference during the NFC Championship in 2019, with ramifications that would decide whether the Rams or the New Orleans Saints would advance to the Super Bowl. The problem was that the few people who didn’t see it were the only ones who could do something about it: the referees. That offseason, the NFL passed a new rule that made pass interference penalties reviewable. Its execution was so wildly...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 28, 2020 20:27 UTC