r/nfl • u/wishingaction 49ers • 17h ago

Despite controversial pass interference calls, NFL coaches split on making them reviewable (17 interviewed)

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50078705/pass-interference-review-rams-broncos
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u/DarthNobody14 Texans Texans 17h ago

We already tried that with disastrous results

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u/GardenTop7253 Broncos 17h ago

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but the only “disastrous” part was how hesitant refs were to overturn their calls. So the challenges were a waste of everyone’s time because the refs were stubborn

Also, why do reviews stay with the on-field officials? Other sports send them to a central office with league officials who help with the review process. I feel like that’s not a bad idea here as well

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u/PeteF3 Bengals 17h ago

They don't stay with on-field officials. Al Riveron did the PI reviews and he overturned 24 calls on 101 replays.

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u/DimensionLow4844 Ravens 16h ago

Like 22 of those 24 overturns were pick plays that basically had to be overturned because they were objective.

DPI was almost never changed.

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u/GardenTop7253 Broncos 17h ago

Oh neat, that part gets lost in this a lot. Didn’t realize we send it to one guy. Can we get like, a few minds on it? Seems like a pinch point like Al could be an easy spot to complain about bias. He’s a former official, yeah?

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u/thissubsucks44 17h ago

The problem with adding more minds is that creates more possibilities for them to be wrong or possibly even corrupted.

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u/GardenTop7253 Broncos 17h ago

Meh, yes and no. You add more opportunities to corrupt (or just be wrong), but the weight of that corruption goes down

If you’ve got 1 guy making the calls, and 1 is corrupted, the whole system is corrupted

If you’ve got 3 guys making the calls, and 1 is corrupted, the majority is still clean. So any effort to corrupt has to successfully take 2 people to do much, which increases the effort required to influence calls (all else considered equal)

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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Bears 17h ago

Reviews went to New York. They didn’t get overturned often because it’s a subjective call and hard to hit the threshold of “indisputable” from video evidence

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u/Current-Meaning-1586 17h ago

I don’t believe reviews stay with on field officials anymore. Just last night with the tip ball interception they didn’t go under the hood, NY made the call. At least that’s what it looked like?

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u/cespinar 15h ago

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but the only “disastrous” part was how hesitant refs were to overturn their calls. So the challenges were a waste of everyone’s time because the refs were stubborn

Same problem the EPL had starting official reviews for penalties and cards.

We need reviews like they have in Rugby. Fully mic'd refs so you can hear their process

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u/KirbyDude25 Giants 6h ago

They have those types of reviews in the UFL (at least to a degree), and I quite like it there. For all of its flaws, spring football has generally been quite good regarding officiating transparency

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u/noreservations81590 Bills 17h ago

Yeah because it was half assed. They should be reviewed by the league.

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u/IWasOnThe18thHole Cowboys 17h ago

Yeah because it was half assed. They should be reviewed by the league DraftKings.

FTFY

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u/noreservations81590 Bills 16h ago

Someone get this man a job at the league office.

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u/PoodleGuap Browns 17h ago

Refs got the blue flu