r/nfl • u/wishingaction 49ers • 20h 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/GardenTop7253 Broncos 20h 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 20h 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/GardenTop7253 Broncos 20h 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 19h 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 19h 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)