NFL to use electronics to measure first downs

[Coogiguy03]

Chain gang will still be there if needed

 

[jazzcat22]

Need motion detector technology next for false starts.

 

[zrinkill]

About time .......

 

[TwentyOne]

Chain gang will still be there if needed

Welcome to the 21st century.

Took them quite a while to figure out there is something like technological development.

 

[jwitten82]

I dont think this will be as good as people think.

 

[zrinkill]

Put a chip in the ball ........ you will always know where it is at.

 

[Coogiguy03]

I dont think this will be as good as people think.

Agreed

 

[Coogiguy03]

Put a chip in the ball ........ you will always know where it is at.

That's why we have eyes JEEBUS

 

[zrinkill]

That's why we have eyes JEEBUS

Do you have eyes in a pileup on the goal?

I see now why ranching hates you.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Do you have eyes in a pileup on the goal?

I see now why ranching hates you.

Lol you think I care if he hates me lol he must hate himself, is that what you guys just do, he hates people and you brag, what a life!!

 

[T-RO]

As we saw vividly in the playoff game w/Bills and Chiefs...refs often spot the ball where the dollar and agenda dictate.

So I don't think this rule will change much of anything.

 

[zrinkill]

Lol you think I care if he hates me lol he must hate himself, is that what you guys just do, he hates people and you brag, what a life!!

I do not like him either ........ but I can see why he stalks you ....... I tried to seriously reply to your thread, and you just say dumb crap.

So piss off.

 

[Runwildboys]

Put a chip in the ball ........ you will always know where it is at.

Right, but what part of the ball? Both ends?

 

[Hagman]

Ok, the chip in the ball will determine exactly the most forward position of the ball. But how do they know they are measuring the precise location when the player is down?

 

[zrinkill]

Right, but what part of the ball? Both ends?

The filaments can run through the entire ball .... and it would be easy to pull this up on a screen and see direction and height.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Ok, the chip in the ball will determine exactly the most forward position of the ball. But how do they know they are measuring the precise location when the player is down?

I’d assume the officials will still spot the ball. This would just replace bringing out the chains to measure.

 

[InPhiltraitor]

As we saw vividly in the playoff game w/Bills and Chiefs...refs often spot the ball where the dollar and agenda dictate.

So I don't think this rule will change much of anything.

Point taken, but it could save a little time by removing the pomp and circumstance of the chain gang running out there to take a measurement.

Also, this removes the measurement momentum killer. If a team has the other team on the ropes the last thing you want is to let the defense have an untimed break to catch their wind. Immediate feedback keeps the flow of the game.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I see now why ranching hates you.

He can get in line.

 

[big dog cowboy]

After the Buffalo/Kansas City ACFCG, the league had to finally make this official.

When the CBS and Fox rules analysis guys both said Josh Allen got the 1st down, the league was under to much scrutiny to just sit by and do nothing.

 

[InPhiltraitor]

After the Buffalo/Kansas City ACFCG, the league had to finally make this official.

When the CBS and Fox rules analysis guys both said Josh Allen got the 1st down, the league was under to much scrutiny to just sit by and do nothing.

The officials are still spotting the ball though, correct? The measurement in that case wasn’t the issue, it was the spot.