The NOLA No-Call (2019)
Late in the fourth quarter of the 2019 NFC Championship game with the score tied at 20, the New Orleans Saints were driving down the field and into scoring range when one of the most questionable calls in sports history stopped them in their tracks. On a third down pass from Drew Brees to Tommylee Lewis, Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman tackled the receiver before the ball arrived in a blatant case of pass interference, but for whatever reason the referees didn’t call a penalty. The Saints were forced to settle for a field goal and later lost in overtime, but the call was so egregious that the NFL added a rule for the current season allowing coaches to challenge pass interference situations, a change which has seen its own share of controversy so far.