ALLEN PARK — Every couple of years, a controversial pass-interference call sweeps the league and raises questions about how the play is officiated.One of those moments came in the Denver Broncos’ victory over the Los Angeles Rams on “Sunday Night Football,” when a pass interference penalty nullified an interception by Rams cornerback Josh Wallace, allowing Denver to score the game-winning touchdown in a 30-26 win.Slow-motion replay seemed to indicate that the call was a questionable one, prompting whether the league should reconsider making defensive pass interference a reviewable penalty. More: DJ Wonnum misses Lions practice ahead of Panthers matchupMore: Why Lions drafted Blake Miller over Panthers’ Monroe FreelingDetroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, despite being on the wrong side of one of the most polarizing defensive pass interference no-calls in NFL history, doesn’t want the play to become reviewable.”I just know when we tried to do this whole thing, it just gets muddy, man,” Campbell said. “It’s so subjective is what happens, and I think what you run into is the same thing that we’re running into with catch, no catch.”Pass interference was reviewable for one season (2019) on the heels of a controversial call in the 2018 NFC Championship, a game that featured both Lions quarterback Jared Goff (then with the Los Angeles Rams) and Campbell (an assistant coach for the New Orleans Saints). Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman clearly interfered with Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis, but no penalty was thrown.The league’s experiment to make pass interference reviewable ended after one year.”If it’s 50-50, they’re going to go with what’s been called. And now you do enough of these, now the game gets extended, you’re waiting to figure out what they’re going to say,” Campbell said. “So, I’m all good with it not being a challenge anymore. Those guys have got to make the call, and you’ve got to live with it.”The Lions have only two accepted defensive pass interference penalties called on them this season — most of their secondary infractions have been defensive holding — but they’re tied for the league’s third-most accepted pass interference penalties (29) since 2024. nbianchi@detroitnews.com@nolanbianchiThis article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Why Dan Campbell doesn’t want pass interference to be reviewable
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