Roger Goodell could have saved the Saints with obscure NFL rule

Yes, the officials at the NFC Championship game whiffed on what should have been pass interference on the Los Angeles Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman.  But no, there is NO WAY Roger Goodell is going to step in and tell the Rams and Saints to go back to the Superdome and play the game over from that egregiously missed penalty call.  Yet that’s something the commissioner theoretically has the authority to do, and it’s a rule fans started citing on Monday morning, partially thanks to Saints wideout Michael Thomas sending out this tweet: Rule 17 Section 2 Article 3 @NFL 💔⚜️  — Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) January 21, 2019    From Rule 17, Section 2 (“Extraordinarily unfair acts”), Article 3 of the NFL rule book:  The Commissioner’s powers under this Section 2 include the imposition of monetary fines and draft-choice forfeitures, suspension of persons involved in unfair acts, and, if appropriate, the reversal of a game’s result or the rescheduling of a game, either from the beginning or from the point at which the extraordinary act occurred.  Again: Goodell can reverse a game right to the moment an “unfair act” occurred. Is your mind blown? RelatedNew Orleans paper’s front page perfectly roasted refs over missed Saints pass interference callNFL Championship Sunday Awards: Bill Belichick angrily tossing a tablet was too good  Let’s just stop it right there, though. Can you imagine the uproar if Goodell told the teams to drop what they were doing and play the final minutes of Sunday’s game from the pass interference call? Do you realize what can of worms that opens up for every zebra mistake from here on in?  Let’s go back to Article 1 (“Commissioner Authority”) of Section 2 to figure out what this means:  The Commissioner has the sole authority to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary and/or corrective measures if any club action, non-participant interference, or calamity occurs in an NFL game which the Commissioner deems so extraordinarily unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of the game.  “Outside the accepted tactics encountered.” That doesn’t sound like it’s covered by an official’s missed call.  Sorry, Saints fans. Not happening. Gallery Consensus 2019 NFL mock draft: The first round according to five NFL experts view 32 images More NFL!Complain all you want, you'll miss these Patriots when they're goneNew Orleans paper’s front page perfectly roasted refs over missed Saints pass interference callNFL Championship Sunday Awards: Bill Belichick angrily tossing a tablet was too good

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