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New Pass Interference Rule Already Causing Problems, Due to Get Worse

After the unprecedented miscarriage of justice that was the non-call on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman's blatant pass interference on New Orleans Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis in last year's NFC Championship Game, fans, players and coaches alike united in their demand that something be done to ensure that such a brutal non-call by the officials never happens again.

They got their wish. At the NFL owners meetings in March, reviews of pass interference penalties (and non-calls) were approved by a 31-1 vote. Only the Cincinnati Bengals voted against the measure.

However, in their zeal to right a wrong, all the NFL's teams did was commit another one.