For the 1st time, pass-interference penalties will be reviewed.
No one knows how this is going to go. It?s this way every year. The NFL embarks on some high-profile rule adjustment, and players and coaches wade into the water with some sense of hope but plenty of trepidation.
This year it?s about pass interference, a rule that?s the same in 2019 as it has been for ages. But there?s a twist. This year, for the first time, pass-interference penalties will be reviewable. Same goes for plays on which interference was not called but might have occurred.
Was there illegal contact before the ball arrived? Was it clear and obvious? Is now the time to roll the dice on a protest?
Coaches will have one hand on that red challenge flag. And in the league office in New York, senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron and vice president of replay Russell Yurk will remain ready to play judge and jury with the benefit of frame-by-frame millisecond analysis.
The next step is implementation. In essence, pass-interference reviews will be like every other reviewable play, subject to a coach?s challenge for the first 28 minutes of each half, then initiated by the replay booth in the final two minutes.
No one knows how this is going to go. It?s this way every year. The NFL embarks on some high-profile rule adjustment, and players and coaches wade into the water with some sense of hope but plenty of trepidation.
This year it?s about pass interference, a rule that?s the same in 2019 as it has been for ages. But there?s a twist. This year, for the first time, pass-interference penalties will be reviewable. Same goes for plays on which interference was not called but might have occurred.
Was there illegal contact before the ball arrived? Was it clear and obvious? Is now the time to roll the dice on a protest?
Coaches will have one hand on that red challenge flag. And in the league office in New York, senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron and vice president of replay Russell Yurk will remain ready to play judge and jury with the benefit of frame-by-frame millisecond analysis.
The next step is implementation. In essence, pass-interference reviews will be like every other reviewable play, subject to a coach?s challenge for the first 28 minutes of each half, then initiated by the replay booth in the final two minutes.
