Pereira on Week 17

[FredFan7]

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[JAYJAYSTRIPES]

It was obvious that it was a TD, and Detroit got hosed in a Green Bay game twice this year...How much of this is Goodell's influence in game outcome?
Using replay as a crutch is a good analogy, especially in a number of situations, there seems to be a feeling, "Let replay handle it, then I don't", pretty sad when this seems to come through in such an obvious fashion. I still say, get rid of replay and let them game be officiated on the field. Sure there will be mistakes, but players and coaches are human and make mistakes, this should hold true with the zebras too.

[hank]

I am surprised the league adopted this rule for it is very similar to the fumble/inadvertent whistle rule (Hochuli SD/DEN game) a few years back. If my memory serves correctly, the league office pushed for all loose balls to be live balls as opposed to dead balls. This let the replay/review then make the correct call. My point is when the league adopted the "automatic" replay/review of all scoring plays this season, the league cornered themselves into the exact same dilemma. Thus, it can be an easy outlet for officials to call all scores as good and then let replay make the correct call.

[cj]

Simply amend the rule giving the replay official jurisdiction over all potential scores....in most cases a quick look and that's the end of it. The problem with instant replay, a I have indicated many times, is the silly sequence of events on a challenge whether it be by a coach or the replay official with the referee having to run over, go under the hood, set himself up and first then look at the replays. Again and again, I don't understand why they don't adopt the NHL system which has been refined and works well. There is a replay official in the press box in touch with the league video room in Toronto. When they see a play worthy of replay, they are already looking at it in Toronto, the referee comes over, he gives his version and the ultimate decision is made by he league office. This should be the system on all possible scoring plays, all changes of possession and all plays over say 30 yards (or pick your own number)...for others have 2 coaches challenges say if they want to challenge a simple7 yard completion for a first down (yes you don't want every call reviewed with a long stoppage of course). By not having the silly procedure of bringing the referee under the hood, a decision can be rendered rather quickly in most cases and it wouldn't really slow up the game. Headsets can be used, as they are in iimportant FIFA and most top level soccer competitions where the referee is in constant contact with the other officials, the replay official and the league office in the video room in New York. A much much superior system to what we have now.

[tuckerewell]

League video room in Toronto? Why does the NFL have a league video room in Toronto? Does the CFL have a league video room in Buffalo? I realize that's beyond the realm of this board but that's ridiculous.

[JugglingReferee]

He's not saying that the NFL create jobs in Toronto, though I would welcome it, and apply myself.

He's drawing the parallel that involved Toronto and the NHL.

[cj]

I am sure the equivalent of the NHL's "war room" (now called the sitution room) exists in New York....I am sure the supervisory taff are present in league headquarters in New York every Sunday as the games unfold and have all the same equipment and ability to look on large HD monitors at every network picture of every game...instead of the iditic sight of the referee running off the field and going under the hood, probably 95% of replays the instant they are shown are pretty obvious when a reversal should be done. Let's stop playing the game as if we're still in the middle of the 20th century. We can get all these calls correct and not extend the game unreasonably in the same way it's done in the NHL. They have clearly shown the system works.....