Bogart
Duke Mantee
With the controversey surronding the no review on Evans reception in the final seconds of the Ravens/Patriots game, I suggest the NFL should review ALL plays that are CLOSE to a Touchdown.
Now I'm not saying that would have been over turned, but it should have been reviewed. Many times this year I've seen it happen.
Maybe the NFL should do away with challenging, and go into the NCCA format, of reviewing ALL crucial plays as in Touchdowns, Turnovers and what ever is close to the goal line. (Good example: Alabama and LSU in the regular season. That interception at the goal line. Even though it wasn't over turned, they reviewed it upstairs without a coach having to challenge it) Why is it all of a sudden important to review something in the final 2 minutes, but it's not important to review anything before then? That alone is a problem. That's saying we only care about the last 2 minutes when the game is on the line, we don't care about any other time of the game no matter how close it is.
Why must a coach even need challenges anyway?
This leaves you with 3 scenarios:
Number 1 Challenge a wrong call, and hope it's right
Number 2 If you've already been screwed earlier, you feel discouraged to throw the red flag
Number 3 Bite the bullet knowing your getting screwed
This also goes to the point about bad officiating. The NFL loves to fine players for hitting quarterbacks and getting physical (insert names of good defensive players here) and mocking other players (Stevie Johnson) but what they absolutely do not do is fine the refs, they'd prefer to defend them and get Mike Perreria to stand by their mistakes. The same ref squad that screwed the Seahawks out of their Super Bowl (are still in the NFL, and as we know the NFL defended them even when one of them admitted they did a horrible job and cost Seattle the game)
If they are truly considering full time officials, they better start fining them or doing something over their mistakes. Players get fined for playing the game, players get cut for ******** up, but officials don't get anything done to them no matter what, and that is a fact. The NFL has NEVER came out and admitted when officials got something wrong.
Now I'm not saying that would have been over turned, but it should have been reviewed. Many times this year I've seen it happen.
Maybe the NFL should do away with challenging, and go into the NCCA format, of reviewing ALL crucial plays as in Touchdowns, Turnovers and what ever is close to the goal line. (Good example: Alabama and LSU in the regular season. That interception at the goal line. Even though it wasn't over turned, they reviewed it upstairs without a coach having to challenge it) Why is it all of a sudden important to review something in the final 2 minutes, but it's not important to review anything before then? That alone is a problem. That's saying we only care about the last 2 minutes when the game is on the line, we don't care about any other time of the game no matter how close it is.
Why must a coach even need challenges anyway?
This leaves you with 3 scenarios:
Number 1 Challenge a wrong call, and hope it's right
Number 2 If you've already been screwed earlier, you feel discouraged to throw the red flag
Number 3 Bite the bullet knowing your getting screwed
This also goes to the point about bad officiating. The NFL loves to fine players for hitting quarterbacks and getting physical (insert names of good defensive players here) and mocking other players (Stevie Johnson) but what they absolutely do not do is fine the refs, they'd prefer to defend them and get Mike Perreria to stand by their mistakes. The same ref squad that screwed the Seahawks out of their Super Bowl (are still in the NFL, and as we know the NFL defended them even when one of them admitted they did a horrible job and cost Seattle the game)
If they are truly considering full time officials, they better start fining them or doing something over their mistakes. Players get fined for playing the game, players get cut for ******** up, but officials don't get anything done to them no matter what, and that is a fact. The NFL has NEVER came out and admitted when officials got something wrong.