WR Fitzgerald: Don't allow replay on PI calls
Future Hall of Fame receiver Larry Fitzgerald said Saturday that he doesn't believe challenges and replays should apply to potential pass interference calls. "I personally don't believe there should be review of plays like that. It's a bang-bang play," Fitzgerald told the audience gathered at a pre-Super Bowl event at Georgia Tech, per ProFootballTalk. "It's very subjective, it's happening so fast. These officials are put in really tough positions. I just don't think we should do that."
The NFL's competition committee is expected to discuss the possibility of a rule change to allow coaches to challenge pass interference calls. The NFL has admitted missing the call in the NFC championship game, potentially costing the New Orleans Saints a chance to play in the Super Bowl. Fitzgerald did propose one rule change, however. He'd like to limit the number of yards that can be gained on a pass interference penalty instead of marking the ball at the spot of the contact.
"Pass interference ... 40 yards downfield shouldn't be a 40-yard penalty," the veteran Arizona Cardinals receiver said. --Field Level Media
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