BC-FBN-BIRKETT-COLUMN:DE — sports (1000 words)
ATLANTA — It was the worst no-call in NFL history, and the fact that people outside of New Orleans are still up in arms about it two weeks later seems to confirm as much.
But just because officials ignored an obvious pass interference penalty by Nickell Robey-Coleman in the NFC championship game — one that helped cost the Saints a spot in Sunday’s Super Bowl — does not mean the league needs to completely overhaul its instant-replay system.
Ever since Robey-Coleman barreled head-first into Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis, folks across the NFL have suggested replay should be expanded in a variety of ways.