The NFL’s decision to add pass interference to the list of calls

Saints getting hosed with a non-call in the NFC Championship Game. But the league office that oversees officiating is pointing out today that there was another big pass interference call in New Orleans last season Kyler Murray Jersey , one that went the Saints’ way.That was the call against Steelers cornerback Joe Haden against the Saints in the regular season. On that play, Haden was flagged in the end zone on fourth-and-1, even though replays showed that the contact was minimal. Today NFL Operations tweeted a video of that play, as an example of how much a pass interference call can change a game.“In reviewing game winning chance data, the committee found that offensive & defensive pass interference have disproportionately large impacts on changes to each team’s game winning chance. For example, this foul in the 2018 Saints-Steelers game increased NO’s win chances by 14% http://www.arizonacardinalsteamonline.com/byron-murphy-jersey ,” NFL Operations tweeted.There were actually three questionable pass interference calls that went the Saints’ way in that game. There was that one on Haden, another one on Haden on which the ball appeared to be tipped at the line of scrimmage, and a non-call of offensive pass interference on the Saints’ winning touchdown. That week, the Saints were lucky that pass interference was not reviewable. Pro Football Hall of Famer Morten Andersen became a U.S. citizen last week.Andersen confirmed on Twitter that he has been sworn in as a citizen.“Honored to become a citizen of the greatest country on earth today, very proud to be an American,” Andersen wrote.A kicker who played for the Saints Andy Isabella Jersey , Falcons, Giants, Chiefs and Vikings, Andersen grew up in Denmark and first encountered American football as an exchange student in high school. He had always had a strong leg in soccer and made an easy transition to football, earning a scholarship to Michigan State after just a few months of playing football and then getting selected in the fourth round of the 1982 NFL draft.Andersen is one of nine foreign-born players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The others are Tom Fears (Mexico), Ted Hendricks (Guatemala) Clelin Ferrell Jersey , Bronko Nagurski (Canada), Leo Nomellini (Italy), Ernie Stautner (Germany), Jan Stenerud (Norway), Steve Van Buren (Honduras) and Arnie Weinmeister (Canada).