Could the NFL get rid of Replay on Pass Interference calls?

Is the NFL reconsidering the replay review of pass interference calls and non calls?

In 2019, the NFL decided to experiment with replays on pass interference calls or plays that could be deemed as pass interference. For the most part, the experiment was a failure and now according to NFL.com's Judy Battista, the rule will probably not return in 2020.

This went back to June of 2019 when the NFL's Competition Committee approved a rule to have instant replay of pass interference and non-pass interference calls, which was a response to the controversy surrounding the 2019 NFC Championship Game. New Orleans wide receiver Tommylee Lewis was obviously interfered with by LA Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman late in that game, but no call was made.

The rule was supposed to help nullify those potential non-calls including that prime example in the NFC Championship Game But in many cases, officials declined to overturn calls that probably should have been overturned despite what replay showed. Coaches often wasted challenges on what they thought should have been pass interference or should not have been.

The final vote will come in May, but it looks as though NFL teams are done with the experiment or at least in this form. This was a one-year experiment that didn't go particularly well and with what's going on in the world right now, this doesn't exactly take precedence. Maybe it comes back in a different form in 2021.

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