Agree 100%. It should be yards only. I’m ok making it 10 yards because it can absolutely take away the possibility of a big offensive play. I find myself thinking “please don’t get called for a hold” every time the Cowboys defense has the other team in something like 3rd and really long. The opposite when it’s the Cowboys on offense in that situation.I just want defensive holding to not be an automatic first down. Lets start there
You choose your poison I guess. More reviews slows the game down. Fans can't celebrate a scoring play until its been rewatched umpteen times. Most penalties are a matter of opinion, video review just means more opinions. Worst of all, wait till a play gets reviewed, takes ages to resolve and still leads to a decision every fan and pundit thinks is wrong. It gets ugly quickly and causes way more anger than it would have under current circumstances.
But only in the confines of being coach challengeable. Makes the coach having to decide how important that play was and how blatant the call/missed call was. Sirriani losing a timeout on a challenge almost cost his team in the end.
You shouldn’t have it called automatically if you see it. But it should be challengeable. With a very high standard, like the Micah hold. Especially since it made the whole play possible.
Not necessarily. All TD reviews are done during the 30 second commercial break, so no time is truly lost. Adding a few minutes per game on reviewed non-TD plays is not going to kill anyone. If anything, there can be a limit per half, say 2 non-TD challenged plays per half, in order to make the game more accurately called and decided. I know many, if not most, fans would prefer a more accurately and evenly called game than the one-sided biased games today's officials have given us.
I keep hearing that about the replay booth guy then I see missed calls like the Hurts spot on the first drive and don’t believe they’re really allowed to change calls.
If he’s not allowed to move before the ball moves then he is false starting quite often.
My question is where does it end? When you state a penalty that effects the outcome of the play that can be any penalty on every play because any penalty can be looked at as effecting the outcome of the play. the officials in NY would have to be looking at all 22 players on the field for the entire length of the play and on every single play, to determine if a penalty should have been called. Many if not most of the penalties occur away from the ball. At just as likely a pass rusher was tackled as it was a receiver interfered with or a different receiver that wasn’t targeted was blatantly held. So, unlike some fans who just “watch the ball”, the refs watch everything and under this proposal would be responsible for everything. That’s just not possible nor desirable unless you stop play on the field in between every single play. If it’s a play already being reviewed for another reason or you want to make it challengeable that’s at least logistically possible, but again I don’t think it’s what anyone wants.
The game is not fixed. It’s extremely hard for a group of 5-6 referees to monitor every micro second of every play in real time for 22 players on the field at the speed it’s going.
I see your intent but I think there’s still too much gray area and thus, leeway for in-field or booth officials to make a judgement call. Deciding if an infraction led to a play’s success leaves much to be interpreted.
Just like in politics, follow the money.
For the 1001st time... people used to say the same thing about Jason Peters. They get a cue from the QB and move exactly when the ball starts getting snapped. It's been video reviewed and proven it isn't false start. Lane Johnson has been doing it for a decade now. It does look like he's moving early but he isnt
That makes the game too long and that was the issue when replay first came out
You forgot to add, that they already tried making PI reviewable. And then the incompetent refs threw a hissy fit and refused to overturn the calls anyway even when it was clear and obvious.
I know nothing about soccer so .... I can't speak to how it compares.
They’ll never give away any ability to influence outcomes, ESPECIALLY subjective things that are impossible to prove 100%.
I didn't say it would be easy.. but I think it's doable. They could even implement a "proximity" rule and state that for a penalty to be called on review it would have to have occurred within X yards of the point of the play. Meaning, holding 20 yards behind the play gets ignored. Holding at the point of attack or as a defender is closing in on the QB gets called. Or basically if the infraction doesn't show up within the frame of the review then it didn't happen. The replay official can't ask for a wide angle view of the whole field to see if there might have been a foul somewhere else that didn't affect the play.
