Make penalties challengeable already

[cowboybish]

Before anyone accuses me of being sour grapes over the loss, I was planning on posting this even if we pulled off a win. The roughing the passer penalty on Micah Parsons was bogus. I can see how the ref thought it was roughing. It looks like it is in real time, but when you watch it in slow-mo, it clearly isn't. You're allowed to challenge the spotting of the ball, and whether or not the catch was made. Why would it be any different for a penalty? If we could have challenged that play, I have no doubt we would have gotten a reversal. I remember it was an Oilers versus Steelers playoff game in which the Oilers scored a TD to Mike Renfro, and he clearly got both his feet in bounds, but he was incorrectly ruled out of bounds. That was the game that was the strongest argument for allowing the use of replay to overturn calls. I think this is the game that is a strong argument for allowing penalties to be challenged. I would say allow a challenge of a penalty call as well as a non-call. They tried allowing the challenge of PI and non-PI calls, but they went about it in a stupid manner, which made it not work. They said to only overturn egregious violations. That was ridiculous. They should overturn the call simply if the ref on the field didn't get it right. For PI or non-PI, it should be handled with simplicity. If the defender arrives before the ball, and it's not incidental contact where he's looking back for the ball, it's PI. If he arrives simultaneously with the ball, or after the ball, it's not PI. Roughing the passer calls would be similar. If roughing was called, but the replay shows it wasn't roughing (as was the case in this game), overturn it. I'm not quite sure why the league thinks allowing a challenge to penalties won't work. Clearly, it will. We would have won that challenge. Parsons did not rough the passer. The Dolphins may also have won a challenge when they were called for roughing the passer. I'm going to need to give that one another look. I didn't think that one was as obviously a bad call, but the announcers seemed to think it was. I'll check it out again.
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But the point is, the use of replay has helped to overturn bad calls where the receiver trapped the ball and it should not have been ruled a catch and vice versa. There's no reason that it can't help with bad penalties or bad non-calls.

I don’t care if the games are longer they need to be getting these calls right both the calls and non-calls. The officials have too much control over the outcome of these games.

 

[Redsfan_83]

If you want to have instant replay on QB sacks, then you also must reintroduce this for PI's. This was a failure first time around, so there is zero chance either of these becomes reality. The best thing to do would be to fire the zebras, and just have one or two drones in the sky control the outcome in games, lol

 

[JPostSam]

when millions of people are watching 3 different angles of a play and see that PI or holding clearly happened but wasn’t called, and a league rep is watching that same film, but the league decides it’s not worth it to fix the refs’ non-call… then the league should not be surprised when fans start deciding to invest their time and money in things that don’t take them for granted.

 

[Blast From The Past]

While many penalties are BS, the REAL problem is all those that are NOT called.

I think you are on to something here. So when they would use a replay to see whether to overturn a call one or more other uncalled penalties may show up on the replay. Then how are those explained? I see the conundrum.

 

[tomokawan]

Philly just got away with clear PI. THIS LEAGUE IS FIXED!!

 

[Reverend Conehead]

If you want to have instant replay on QB sacks, then you also must reintroduce this for PI's. This was a failure first time around, so there is zero chance either of these becomes reality. The best thing to do would be to fire the zebras, and just have one or two drones in the sky control the outcome in games, lol

It failed the first time around because they did it wrong. They told the officials to overturn a non-PI call only if it was a case as egregious as the one in that playoff game between the Saints and the Rams where the Rams defender hit the receiver obviously way before the ball got there. Those were ridiculous instructions. They should have just told them to enforce the existing rules. It's PI if the defender makes contact before the ball gets there, and it's not incidental contact while he looks back for the ball. If he gets there simultaneously with the ball, or after the ball, it's not PI. If they had gone with that, it could have worked. They made it too complicated. It also would not make games ridiculously long if it's simply part of the challenge system where the coach has a limited number of red flags that he can throw.

 

[KJJ]

While many penalties are BS, the REAL problem is all those that are NOT called.

It would be a flag fest and ruin the game if they called every little thing and didn’t show some leniency. They miss some obvious fouls but they’re human and it’s part of the game.

 

[Kevinicus]

That RTP when Dak pulled off his best Patrick Mahomes impression was bs too

I hate the rule, but by rule that was clearly a legit penalty.

 

[Captain43Crash]

Everything should be reviewable, especially judgement calls!!!!!!

The offficiating is terrible every week in almost every game!!!!