New Orleans Saints fans are still smarting from the finish to the 2018 NFC championship game, in which multiple officials failed to address a blatant pass-interference penalty (as well as the simultaneous helmet-to-helmet penalty), tarnishing the integrity of the result and sending discourse into a spiral ahead of Super Bowl LIII. So this development isn’t exactly welcome.
Per a report from Judy Battista of NFL.com, the NFL Competition Committee meetings began on Monday, Feb. 25 and at least one member was pessimistic the committee would learn from past mistakes. Citing unintended consequences of a rule change allowing instant-replay review for uncalled fouls, Battista reported concerns that any play could be reviewable, wiping scoring plays off the board and putting games into stalemate.