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Ludy51
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Man, can you imagine OBJ and Saquan on the same Offense? Who do you try to stop?
can you imagine. It would absolutely be unfair.
ThatsMyJoeTerback
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All offensive and defensive pass interference calls and non-calls can now be challenged. Rule has been approved by the owners.
JO_75
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The NFL doing something right? Shocking.
So glad to hear this news, getting closer to what Belichick wants and that's all calls to be challenged.
Tank
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AB puked when he read this. lol
Non-calls being challengable is the fundamentally important part of the rule - the fact that not only can flags be picked up but also put on the field by replay is huge
ThatsMyJoeTerback
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It’s really going to test the boundaries of pass interference
redrum52
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The NFL will ultimately mess this up. Guarantee it.
Hopkins can't feel too well either.
Inevitably you’ll see coaches not challenging other things earlier in the game because they’ll be saving their 2nd challenge for the inevitable PI call at the end of the game
Honestly I think the “sky judge” idea would be a lot more helpful but I’m not gonna quibble with this sort of progress albeit it’ll probably make some games a bit of a mess
cdp
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Eli Manning isn't as bad as most people think. The media makes you believe Eli's a bottom 5 qb. Thats wrong! He can still make all the throws, although he lost some arm strength. The Giants offensive line was terrible. Watch the games when OBJ was injured. He didn't force throws into coverage when targeting OBJ. I'd rather wait another year before I draft Haskins.
I didn't realize non calls could be reviewable. That's terrific
that's the crucial part of the rule tbh - only being able to pick up flags on review would be at best a half-measure - but also wouldnt have fixed the saints-rams game in hindsight either which was the inciting incident for all this to finally change...
it's frustrating that helmet-helmet stuff isnt reviewable still (at least as far as im aware) but this is a step in the right direction
but this will all still likely be terrible to start with - and probably contentious and controversial still
ThatsMyJoeTerback
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They wouldn’t save it tho because all reviews within 2 minutes are initiated by the booth, unless you mean for the 4th quarter in which case you’re right. I’d expect the NFL higher ups to come up with some sort of pass interference video to clarify everything. Otherwise this is going to be a mess.
This is really the only rule that I can think of that is purely subjective that is reviewable.
it's why i think "sky judge" is probably a better way to go about fixing these problems - basically you add another referee to each crew - but the extra official has all the angles live and can make a call faster - the problem at the moment is that the refs have one of the worst angles to call the game from
I agree, not sure why they didn't go that route.
because the execs and owners dont like it and the league dont think they can find enough officials to do the job
but all 32 coaches are in favour of the "sky judge" route
ThatsMyJoeTerback
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That is a lot better than leaving everything subject to review. This might have opened a pandora's box imo.
Willbacker
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That is major major huge. A 33yd FG becomes a 48 yd one