PatSunday
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
- Joined
- Sep 23, 2007
- Messages
- 601
- Reaction score
- 195
1.
Status quo: The NFL has automated reviews after turnovers and scoring plays (and plays in the last 2 minutes) to speed up the game and make calls more accurate.
Proposal: Allow coaches to challenge those plays again.
Why: There have been instances where the NY office didn't do the job to analyze the play.
Procedure: The head coach would tell the referee, "if NY doesn't want to stop the action to review, I want a challenge before the snap." If the team has time outs remaining, the referee grants an on-field review, with the maximum length subject to normal time out rules.
Worst-case effect: It's the equivalent of a team using a time out.
2.
Status quo: When a referee issues a defensive penalty on a turnover, there is 0% chance of any kind of review. If they don't throw the flag, there's a 100% chance of review.
Proposal: The NY office should review turnovers without regard for yellow flags on the ground.
Why: The referees will be able to make the calls they see on plays resulting in a turnover without worrying they're making the play 0% reviewable or 100% reviewable. Giving the ball to the offense on a failed 4th down conversion or interception? Double check that, please.
Procedure: When a play results in a turnover (interception, failed 4th down conversion, etc) that is negated due to a flag, the NY office looks at the play anyway. The NY office will pause the game as necessary to double check that flags are valid.
Worst-case effect: Only 0 to 5 new plays per game are subject to automatic review (a change of possession negated by a flag), and of these, only the no-huddle plays where the flag needs some time to be looked at would be paused for review.
What do you guys think?
Status quo: The NFL has automated reviews after turnovers and scoring plays (and plays in the last 2 minutes) to speed up the game and make calls more accurate.
Proposal: Allow coaches to challenge those plays again.
Why: There have been instances where the NY office didn't do the job to analyze the play.
Procedure: The head coach would tell the referee, "if NY doesn't want to stop the action to review, I want a challenge before the snap." If the team has time outs remaining, the referee grants an on-field review, with the maximum length subject to normal time out rules.
Worst-case effect: It's the equivalent of a team using a time out.
2.
Status quo: When a referee issues a defensive penalty on a turnover, there is 0% chance of any kind of review. If they don't throw the flag, there's a 100% chance of review.
Proposal: The NY office should review turnovers without regard for yellow flags on the ground.
Why: The referees will be able to make the calls they see on plays resulting in a turnover without worrying they're making the play 0% reviewable or 100% reviewable. Giving the ball to the offense on a failed 4th down conversion or interception? Double check that, please.
Procedure: When a play results in a turnover (interception, failed 4th down conversion, etc) that is negated due to a flag, the NY office looks at the play anyway. The NY office will pause the game as necessary to double check that flags are valid.
Worst-case effect: Only 0 to 5 new plays per game are subject to automatic review (a change of possession negated by a flag), and of these, only the no-huddle plays where the flag needs some time to be looked at would be paused for review.
What do you guys think?