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The New Orleans Saints were infamously the victims of a massively blown pass interference call by the officials during the back end of this year's NFC Championship Game. Now, it appears as though the NFL is taking the necessary steps in order to make sure that such an error does not happen again — especially on such a big stage with a Super Bowl appearance on the line.
Sounds like Sean Payton and coaches are going to get a "win" after @Saints NFC title loss: The inclusion of non-calls on DPI in final two minutes via replay assistant has a very good chance of being approved today on amended replay review proposals, per sources.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) March 26, 2019
Just recently, Saints head coach Sean Payton commented on his issues with the league's officiating.
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“There are a handful of things that we’ve got to be better at right now,” Payton said on NFL Network, via Mike Triplett of ESPN. “Our best at playing and our best at coaching are spending 20 hours, 18 hours a day. Our best at officiating, it’s their second job. That has to change, because it’s too hard. There’s too much at stake for someone who’s a teacher at a school, who’s a florist, an attorney. That’s backward thinking.
“And really as we move forward into the next 10 years, for instance, of our game, where do we want officiating? With all of the technology we have available to us, our fans are closer to the game, our fans are way more in tuned and educated as to the correct calls in the game. And we just need to be better.”
While the Saints — and the rest of the league — should be happy with the aforementioned changes, it does not reverse the course of history. As a result of last season's debacle, the Saints were upended by the Super Bowl-bound Los Angeles Rams.
