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pecific bad outcomes" to happen and then fix them. They should just fix them before they happen. We , as fans, deserve it."WhiteSections 2019 offseason2019 free agency2019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub 鉁?019 NFL PlayoffsThe non-call on Los Angeles Rams CB Nickell Robey-Coleman was bad for all football fans. Let’s fix it before it happens again.New,164commentsThe NFL shouldn’t continue to wait for “specific bad outcomes” to happen and then fix them. They should just fix them before they happen. We, as fans, deserve it.CSTShareTweetShareShareThe non-call on Los Angeles Rams CB Nickell Robey-Coleman was bad for all football fans. Let’s fix it before it happens again.Los Angeles Rams CB Nickell Robey-Coleman breaks up a pass intended or New Orleans Saints WR Tommylee Lewisduring the NFC Championship, Jan. 20 , 2019.Chuck Cook-USA TODAY SportsThe part we all should be able to agree on: Los Angeles Rams CB Nickell Robey-Coleman interfered with New Orleans Saints WR Tommylee Lewis. It should have been a flag. It’s an extremely egregious error that, as fans, we should never want to see take place. Additionally, the crew missed several calls on facemask penalties and some odd donkeystompings (donkeystomping #1, donkeystomping #2) from Saints players throughout the game that were equally egregious in their ignorance even if they lacked the proximity to the end of the game that the PI non-call did.Good? Good.The part that I’m worried about: A myopic quest to prevent the exact same situation from happening while allowing the next situation to happen that’s only slightly different or tangentially related that could get fixed now if we don’t allow the grievance of embittered fans to motivate the process to fix it.The Washington Post is reporting that the NFL is considering making pass interference reviewable.Good, but that’s not enough.Over at Pro Football Talk , Mike Florio is advocating adding an eighth official to crews who would be in the booth to review “all real-time images and replay angles.”Good, but that’s not enough.What the NFL has to do is consider the next time this happens (and there’s a good chance that’s 12 months from yesterday) and prevent it from happening now. This offseason.Because there’s no excuse for this, and we as fans deserve to have the game officiated fairly.No, the Rams didn’t win the game because of the non-call. And no, Saints fans don’t deserve to have to deal with the what-ifs they’re going to suffer from, well , forever. But Rams fans also don’t deserve to be the target of the ire of fans, Saints fans or impartial fans, looking to discredit the outcome of the game yesterday.The bottom line is that this was the officiating crew’s fault and the NFL’s fault. They could have implemented any of a dozen different efforts to prevent that play from not drawing a flag. They didn’t take any of them.Given the media furor following the game, the NFL’s willingness to admit to the Saints that the call was indeed incorrect and the recent statement from Saints Owner Gayle Benson, I’m confident the NFL is going to prevent a blatant pass interference call near the end of regulation going unflagged. But what are they going to do to prevent a blatant face mask on a quarterback near the end of regulation going unflagged? What if it’s not near the end of regulation?Why do we have to wait for the next dramatic misfire from within the system of officiating in the NFL to essentially sour our experience as fans?After the game, Florio responded to the non-call with this relevant passage:Yesterday , it was the Saints getting jobbed to the benefit of our team.Next year, it could be two completely different teams with a completely different foul creating the same outcome.The NFL doesn’t need to let it happen before making an effort to prevent it the next time.They let it happen yesterday.Fans, of every team, shouldn’t accept anything less than getting it fixed before Week 1 next season. The Los Angeles Rams were simply too much for the San Francisco 49ers.From the opening kickoff to the final whistle, the Rams absolutely dominated things in all three phases. Were it not for some early mistakes from the Rams that they committed all on their own, the blowout would have been in full force early on. Instead , it took a few possessions for the Rams to iron out the wrinkles and for the game to truly show the distance between these two teams.And give the Rams credit. No, the Niners aren’t a highly talented team, and yes they’ve suffered a bunch of high-impact injuries. But doesn’t matter. It’s the Rams-49ers. Getting a win like this on the back of the offensive line, RB Todd Gurley and DL Aaron Donald with great performances all around the defense with the takeaways they got today is something the Rams should hang their hats on as they come home to LA to take on the Green Bay Packers next Sunday.For today though, this contest was about two teams on opposite sides of the fence.And two teams that played like it.

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