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I wondered this myself. Trent Green said last night on the NFL channel that it is in fact only for plays that were CALLED a TD…not attempts that were unsuccessful. Those will still have to be challenged by the HC.

this would be a bs change. if it looks like ab obvious score, guess what… it is. let the opponent challenge, if he has any left.

then why even have coaches challenges? there would only be challenges if a player was down but didn’t get a first down or TD on the play. or if there was a complete play…but wouldnt get a first down or TD on the play.

and it wouldn’t lengthen the game if they just did like they do in college were the replay booth official (sitting in his nice comfy chair looking at his nice big HD tv and not having to deal with screaming fans) made the calls on all replays.

“It’s a good start, but we think the league needs to ultimately expand the rule to provide automatic review of all turnover plays and all plays involving a potential first down.”

I disagree with this. There are occasional problems with the current challenge system of reviews, but not so many to warrant automatic reviews of turnovers and first downs.

Where does it stop? Do we need reviews to tell us where a punt went out of bounds? Or to look for uncalled holding penalties on every play? Let ‘em play.

The more I think about this, the better sensors in the ball sound. It would take at least 8 small sensors, 1 in each tip, and 6 or so around the largest part of the ball. You could accurately track exactly where the ball was.
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Obviously you don’t understand the concepts of being down by contact. If a player hits down on the field then bounces into the EZ, your little sensors don’t mean diddly. Same if he steps out, has a knee hit first, etc. Sensors are 100% USELESS!

Stuff like this ruins how fans watch the games.

Add to that sensors throughout the field that know exactly when the ball is out of bounds, or the player with sensors in the shoes, when the ball is over the first down marker, and when the plane is crossed for a goal.

I think a sensor based ball location change would improve the game vastly. How many teams have been cheated out of a win due to human error on ball location??

This would eliminate a large number of time-consuming coach’s challenges, and potentially speed up the game.

If the NFL wanted to really get serious about taking out the human error of the game they would go to the college system which if far superior. Every play in college is reviewed but not by an official on the field but one up in a booth. This allows for plays to be reviewed without the stopping of action. Why doesn’t the NFL go this? Because it doesn’t cause long commercial breaks.

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The turnover bit, yes… but every first down? No way. Maybe every change of possession play like on 4th downs as well, but reviewing 1st downs would make the games last forever.

Last year with the support for the overtime rule and now this garbage? Come on Flo.

Just because a play is “reviewed” doesn’t mean play is haulted or suspended. They look at it between plays. I college, every play is reviewed and they stop play and take a closer look when there’s a chance something might need a closer look for a possible reversal.