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Mike Evans drew a favorable pass interference call in overtime of his Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, and plenty of people didn’t like the ruling. The Bucs had a 1st-and-10 in overtime from their 16-yard line. …
The NFL has decided to do away with pass interference replay in 2020, which is not a surprise to anyone who watched the 2019 season. The overall impact of making pass interference calls and no-calls reviewable was not positive, and one of the …
The NFL’s decision to make pass interference reviewable last season did not have much of a positive impact on the game, which is why it is not surprising that the concept is being scrapped going forward. Rich McKay, the chairman of the NFL’s …
After one ineffective year in the rulebook, pass interference replay review appears to be on its way out in the NFL. According to NFL Media’s Judy Battista, nothing will be official until the end of May, but it is highly unlikely that the …
The NFL’s decision to make pass interference reviewable last season did not have much of a positive impact on the game, and it should surprise no one that the league may scrap the experiment in 2020. NFL teams are strongly opposed to renewing …
The pass interference challenge is starting off the playoffs a lot like it ended the regular season. The Houston Texans became the first team to challenge a pass interference call in the playoffs, arguing that wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was …
The NFL has a problem with its pass interference challenge system, and the chairman of the league’s competition committee seems to know it. Rich McKay, the chair of the Competition Committee and president of the Atlanta Falcons, admitted that …
NFL head coaches have had almost no luck when challenging pass interference calls and no-calls this season, but the Oakland Raiders were on the right end of a no-call that was challenged early in Sunday’s game against the New York Jets paid off …
DeAndre Hopkins became a high-profile victim of what looked like obvious pass interference on Sunday that was not called and not overturned on review, and he’s openly calling for changes in light of that. After an offseason rule change gave …
One of the running themes of the 2019 NFL season has been the addition of the ability to challenge pass interference calls or non-calls. More specifically, the story has been the fact that such calls are almost never overturned, even when the pass …
The NFL has shown almost a complete unwillingness to overturn any pass interference call or non-call this year despite making such plays reviewable, and Tony Dungy is among those who believe the league is wasting everyone’s time. New York …
The NFL made a major change for the 2019 season by allowing coaches to challenge pass interference plays, but that may not matter if horrific calls like the one we saw in Thursday night’s game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Washington …
The Denver Broncos became the first team to test the new pass interference challenge rule. During the second quarter of Thursday’s preseason Hall of Fame Game between the Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, Denver’s Linden Stephens was called …
