The NFL passed a rule change back in March that would allow pass interference penalties, both offensive and defensive, and whether called on the field or not, to be subject to review. The Competition Committee recently finalized the standards for the rule after much debate about further altering it, essentially leaving it intact as originally passed.
That’s good. But not everybody is so optimistic about how the rule as a whole is going to play out. Dean Blandino, who was the league’s head of officiating between his predecessor Mike Pereira and the current, Al Riveron, recently told Deadspin that he can see where it can go wrong.