The New Orleans Saints sent a perfect tweet in response to the news on Tuesday about the NFL approving challenges regarding pass interference.
The NFL’s competition committee met and approved expanded challenges. Challenges are now allowed for pass interference or uncalled pass interference outside of two minutes. Inside of two minutes, the plays are reviewed by the booth.
According to Stephon Jones, a called OR non-called pass inference penalty can be challenged during the game before two minutes. After 2 minutes, it goes to booth reviews. Big change.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 26, 2019
What did the Saints think of the news?
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) March 27, 2019
Yup, pretty much.
The uncalled pass interference and hit to the head of a receiver in the NFC Championship Game was a major factor in determining which team advanced to the Super Bowl. The Saints are smiling because had the play in question been reviewable, a penalty would have been called and the Saints would have been enabled to have a winning field goal shot with no time left. As Sean Payton said at the time, that was a Super Bowl call, one the league quickly admitted it got wrong.
