Replay vs RPOs

[Mr. Scot]

Speculation from Terry McCaulay and Florio (link)

One such consequence could be additional offensive pass interference calls on offensive players who are blocking more than one yard downfield. Most people assume that offensive pass interference reviews will be about receivers pushing off before catching the ball, but former NFL referee and NBC analyst Terry McAulay wrote on Twitter that he thinks some run-pass option plays will now have offensive pass interference calls on offensive linemen, who start the play like they are run blocking, block more than a yard downfield, and then are technically committing offensive pass interference when the ball is thrown.

“Now that PI is reviewable, here’s an RPO that I would expect to be reversed to OPI after review,” McAulay wrote with a video on Twitter. “Ball snapped at the 1. The RG blocks the LB ever so slightly more than 1 yd downfield (contact in the EZ) just before the pass is in flight. . . . I could see the defensive coach challenging this play.”

The new replay rule actually has the potential to be even more intrusive than McAulay suggests: Every touchdown is automatically reviewed, which means the replay assistant will have to watch every passing touchdown to see if anyone was blocking more than one yard downfield. Will touchdowns get overturned to offensive pass interference because of a block two yards downfield that didn’t appear to have any impact on the play?

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[Sgt Schultz]

I said this somewhere else, but this change looks to be another example of Schultz's First Law of Human Behavior: the worst thing you can do to another person is give them exactly what they want.

The way the universe works, Payton could well be screaming next year about a negated TD late in a critical game over something like this.

[trueblade]

2 minutes ago, Sgt Schultz said:

I said this somewhere else, but this change looks to be another example of Schultz's First Law of Human Behavior: the worst thing you can do to another person is give them exactly what they want.

The way the universe works, Payton could well be screaming next year about a negated TD late in a critical game over something like this.

Maybe I'm a little jaded as Panther's fan, but it seems like New Orleans is guilty of alot of this type of OPI against us.

[Khyber53]

This could have a major impact not just on a single play, or a game, but an entire offensive style within the league.

Won't they also have to watch on every RPO play or just delayed handoff to see if a WR/TE is making an early block against a DB or LB?

The real can of worms is that you can find a foul on every play of every game (particularly holding). This is going to really grind at the game if some of the more gamesmanship coaches get involved (think the Pats and Saints). 

 

[joemac]

Well, considering you still only get 2 challenges a game, will coaches risk wasting one of them on something like this that could go either way?  Im sure there will be a few select instances of something like this happening, and taking away a TD, but coaches will still have to be smart with their challenges.

[PanthersBigD]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Speculation from Terry McCaulay and Florio (link)

 

 

Just means more time to run commercials. Win/Win for the NFL. 

[JARROD]

For the love of God.

if you put a rule in,.. just wait for the exploiters,.. cough cough Belicheck.

i could see this rule being gone after a year after Belicheck demolishes some teams with a rule like this,.. kind of like the uncalled undesignated receiver on the line of scrimmage he was messing people up with. 

Or when there was press allowed to 10 yards... Belicheck had his corners exploit that to death,.. down with Peyton Manning. Rule changed to 5 yards and feather press,..

If the rule is there you can be a victim and bitch or you can be the exploiter.

[kungfoodude]

I said at the time it was a huge mistake and I am positive that it will be. I suspect it wrecks the next season and then disappears in 2020. Making a rule change because some mush-mouthed, swamp Frenchies got their panties in a wad is ridiculous. It is a SUBJECTIVE CALL. Don't fuging review poo like that. It's gonna be worse than all that "is that a catch or not a catch" poo that they just cleared up.

Jesus the NFL is fuging dumb.

[BrianS]

2 hours ago, joemac said:

Well, considering you still only get 2 challenges a game, will coaches risk wasting one of them on something like this that could go either way?  Im sure there will be a few select instances of something like this happening, and taking away a TD, but coaches will still have to be smart with their challenges.

Coaches don't have to challenge scoring plays, those are automatically reviewed.  Where it will come into play is on big chunk plays or big conversions.

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2 hours ago, joemac said:

Well, considering you still only get 2 challenges a game, will coaches risk wasting one of them on something like this that could go either way?  Im sure there will be a few select instances of something like this happening, and taking away a TD, but coaches will still have to be smart with their challenges.

what @BrianS said.

[mc52beast]

Deal with the clusterfug that 2019 will be, this crap won’t be around more than one year. I just hope it comes back to bite the Aints in the ass when they play us... Carma