ATLANTA — The league office presumably will break its public silence on the botched call that decided the NFC championship game when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addresses the media Wednesday at his annual news conference during Super Bowl week.
And what Goodell says during that state-of-the-league address about instant replay and pass interference will matter. If Goodell calls for the NFL to make interference subject to replay review, that probably will happen. If he doesn’t, it’s anyone’s guess what would come next, given the long-standing objection of the league’s competition committee to making judgment calls such as interference reviewable.