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Atlanta Falcons president and CEO Rich McKay,
the chairman of the NFL's competition committee, confirmed the
news Thursday.
Last month, the competition committee recommended ending the
one-year trial run allowing reassessment of potential rulings
regarding offensive pass interference (OPI) and defensive pass
interference (DPI).
"Nobody is putting forward the OPI/DPI review again, so that
dies a natural death," McKay said in an interview on Sirius XM
NFL Radio. "In my opinion, we were trying to apply something
that we've always been fearful of. We didn't know what the total
outcome would be, but we were always fearful of putting a
totally subjective play into replay.
"The majority of replays is objective, and what I mean by that
is that it's a line. 'Did the ball cross the plane or not? Did
the ball touch the ground or not? Were two feet in or not?'
There's a lot of objective lines involved and it's an objective
review.
"When we go into subjective, (it) is, 'Was this enough for a
foul? Did he grab him enough? Was the restriction enough?' We
knew there would be problems, because your subjectivity and my
subjectivity on a particular reviewable play can easily be
different."
The move to review pass-interference calls was prompted by an
non-call that likely cost the New Orleans Saints a berth in the
Super Bowl at the end of the 2018-19 season.
Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman clearly hit New Orleans
receiver Tommylee Lewis too soon on a play that would have given
the Saints a first down with an chance to run out the clock and
kick a game-winning field goal. However, no call was made, and
Los Angeles ultimately won 26-23 in overtime.
--Field Level Media
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