Following changes in the pass interference rules, stemming from the infamous NFC Championship no-call, many NFL minds are being put to work on how it can improve, or what they think of it. Detroit Lions second-year head coach Matt Patricia joins the ranks of those racking their brains how they utilize the rule-change (allowing reviews from coaches), as he said, via MLive.com;

I think it’ll be really interesting throughout the course of the preseason to watch coaches, and to really try to push the different strategies with that, and to see what happens.

The first time we will see how coaches use the new rule will be tonight, during the Denver Broncos vs. Atlanta Falcons pre-season Hall of Fame game. Patricia delved a bit deeper into it, mentioning;

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I think the challenge part of it is interesting. I think it’ll be more interesting depending on how critical the play is. Do you use it? Do you save it? Is there another part of the game? I think you try to look at it as much as you can in the preseason and hopefully try to develop your philosophy as you go. You go into the season with an idea of how you want to do it, and then maybe push it to the limits as much as you can when you have the opportunity, and then re-evaluate it.

Many games have been decided on a no-call or wrong-call pass interference, so there will be a new philosophy into how coaches exploit it. As Patricia says, it's going to be something worth watching for all pre-season.