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NFL's competition committee may consider replay expansion
By MICHAEL MAROT
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfls-c...consider-replay-expansion-233927881--nfl.html
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Rams coach Jeff Fisher expects the NFL's competition committee to take another look at expanding replay.
The committee co-chairman said Friday that while many coaches and team officials are proposing changes, including the possibility of making penalties reviewable, they may not happen before next season.
''You have two standards. To me, that's the biggest concern with it is you have an on-the-field, full-speed, bang-bang call made by the official - we'll just say pass interference - and then now you're going to go to replay and you're going to go frame by frame by frame to determine whether it is or not,'' Fisher said. ''I'm not so sure that's where we want to go with our game right now.''
Replay becomes a hot topic each offseason because of the lingering memories of controversial plays.
The two most notable ones this time came in the playoffs: a non-call in the Lions-Cowboys playoff game, and Dez Bryant's attempt to catch a pass against Green Bay, which was ruled a reception on the field and then overturned.
Fisher said the number of proposals discussed this week during the NFL's annual scouting combine was at an all-time high...
By MICHAEL MAROT
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfls-c...consider-replay-expansion-233927881--nfl.html
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Rams coach Jeff Fisher expects the NFL's competition committee to take another look at expanding replay.
The committee co-chairman said Friday that while many coaches and team officials are proposing changes, including the possibility of making penalties reviewable, they may not happen before next season.
''You have two standards. To me, that's the biggest concern with it is you have an on-the-field, full-speed, bang-bang call made by the official - we'll just say pass interference - and then now you're going to go to replay and you're going to go frame by frame by frame to determine whether it is or not,'' Fisher said. ''I'm not so sure that's where we want to go with our game right now.''
Replay becomes a hot topic each offseason because of the lingering memories of controversial plays.
The two most notable ones this time came in the playoffs: a non-call in the Lions-Cowboys playoff game, and Dez Bryant's attempt to catch a pass against Green Bay, which was ruled a reception on the field and then overturned.
Fisher said the number of proposals discussed this week during the NFL's annual scouting combine was at an all-time high...
