Who dat…referee not calling pass interference?!
Fox Sports rules expert Mike Pereira says the Rams-Saints missed pass interference call was the biggest playoff no-call he's seen, but doesn't think officials should lose their jobs over it https://t.co/vXkJsXMJl1 pic.twitter.com/VSaSKoEXFd
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 25, 2019
In the pre-social media days, a blown call in an NFL game would cause a stir, with fans at the game voicing their frustrations and then relying on the news networks to replay the conspiracy-based blunder so they could express their frustrations to the family and friends who weren’t there. (Perhaps Uncle Bob taped it?)
In 2019, however, a missed call is a different story—the historically relatable and Instagram alike. And no example of this is stronger than the Rams-Saints NFC Championship Game. The missed pass interference call against the Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman on the Saints’ TommyLee Lewis set the sports world ablaze; social media was a storm of retweets and tweets, screenshots of different angles of the missed call, GIFs, the works!