I dunno. I get why people are saying you can't let what happened yesterday happen again, but this seems like it could be a shitshow in application full time. There's arguably PI on almost every deep route.

You can't review this. PI is subjective. You're going to be asking refs to determine if certain receivers possess the talent to catch a ball if they weren't bumped/jammed.

You can't review this. PI is subjective. You're going to be asking refs to determine if certain receivers possess the talent to catch a ball if they weren't bumped/jammed.

I think a good compromise could be that during the last two minutes of any playoff game, along with the entire 4th quarter as well, the replay official in the booth should be able to buzz the referee to look at something that was blatant and obvious that was not called. The same can be done for the reversal of a call like the Roughing the passer on Brady late in the game, where the KC defender clearly grabbed all jersey and shoulder pads, and didn't touch Brady's helmet.

I don't see how you can let coaches challenge to scrutinize and look for little ticky tack penalties that may not have been called. With how gambling is becoming more and more legal/mainstream, you simply cannot have a penalty that was a clear as the one on the Saints yesterday that is NOT called.

Agree with everyone regarding what a bad idea this is. Also I have no idea why pass interference should be any more privileged for review than some of the roughing the passer nonsense we saw this year or offensive holding or any other penalty really. Well I do have an idea why and it's because of people just being over-the-top in their reactions to Saints-Rams and because it will allow the NFL to tip the scales even further in favor of the offense.

Outside of the "uncatchable" part of it, which shouldn't exist anyways, there are plenty of PI penalties that aren't subjective.

This isn't perfect, but you could say that PI can be called if "the ball is between the quarterback and the wide receiver and the defender is contacting the outstretched arms or taking the player to the ground".

If it was done with a clear clarification of how a defender is "supposed" to defend them then it wouldn't really tip the scales. Make it so it isn't pass interference unless you have your arms at an angle towards the player or something. Basketball has a similar rule about having your arms straight up when going for a block and it works well enough.

How in the hell would a CB break up a catch?

I don't really understand the question. They aren't breaking up a catch if the ball is between the QB and the WR.

Even if you write a sufficiently clear rule about what defenders are supposed to do (something I have little faith in the league actually being able to achieve given recent hits like "surviving the ground" and "body weight on the quarterback"), this would still tip the scales in favor of the offense by allowing uncalled offensive penalties to escape the scrutiny we're now applying to defensive pass interference.

What exactly is between the QB and WR in terms of body position?