Harry
ASFN Consultant and Senior Writer
A team runs a successful play. The team never runs that play again for the entire game. My thought is why not make the defense prove they can defend that play.
Instant replay is out of control. When it was created the intent was to correct clear officiating errors. Instead replays are being re-officiated. No more is it required that the replay show definitively that an error was made. Too often officials are changing calls based on what they think probably happened. There should be a requirement that the play be treated like a photo finish. I want a still frame showing the proof the play should be overturned.
Then there’s pass interference. One of the requirements for this penalty is quite simple. The ball must be catchable in the area of play. That is it can’t just be catchable out of bounds. Yet I keep seeing this call on passes 10 feet above the head of the receiver or 5 yards short of the receiver. It’s one thing to allow some latitude to guess what the receiver might have done if there had been no interference impeding him, but a clean play would not have made him taller. The worst is in the red zone when the ball comes down well out of the back of the end zone. This issue was partly the reason they made these calls reviewable, but when they dispensed with that part of the criteria, they failed to tighten up the officiating.
Then there’s the QB that loses sight of the value of making the best of a bad situation. Whether it’s a designed rollout or a pocket escape, I can’t stand it when they run out of bounds with the ball for a loss when all they had to do was throw it away. That would return the ball to the line of scrimmage and avoid the loss.
Ball is on their 10 yard line. If the defense commits a personal foul, they’re penalized half the distance to the goal, 5 yards. If the offense commits a personal foul on the 10, they’re penalized 15 yards. The offensive penalty should be the same as the defensive penalty would be in legnth.
With 20 seconds on the clock, the defense commits a hold on the play. The defense is penalized 5 yards, but 12 seconds run off the clock. I’m surprised, like in basketball, the defense doesn’t occasionally deliberately foul. On a defensive penalty the clock should be reset to the time the play started.
Why not make the trade deadline more exciting? Allow teams to include part of the cap hit along with a player to make it more plausible to move expensive players. If not allow trading team to breakup up the cap hit over 3-5 years. Trades are exciting and often beneficial to the player as well. Facilitate the process.
This is what happens when my mind is idle.
Instant replay is out of control. When it was created the intent was to correct clear officiating errors. Instead replays are being re-officiated. No more is it required that the replay show definitively that an error was made. Too often officials are changing calls based on what they think probably happened. There should be a requirement that the play be treated like a photo finish. I want a still frame showing the proof the play should be overturned.
Then there’s pass interference. One of the requirements for this penalty is quite simple. The ball must be catchable in the area of play. That is it can’t just be catchable out of bounds. Yet I keep seeing this call on passes 10 feet above the head of the receiver or 5 yards short of the receiver. It’s one thing to allow some latitude to guess what the receiver might have done if there had been no interference impeding him, but a clean play would not have made him taller. The worst is in the red zone when the ball comes down well out of the back of the end zone. This issue was partly the reason they made these calls reviewable, but when they dispensed with that part of the criteria, they failed to tighten up the officiating.
Then there’s the QB that loses sight of the value of making the best of a bad situation. Whether it’s a designed rollout or a pocket escape, I can’t stand it when they run out of bounds with the ball for a loss when all they had to do was throw it away. That would return the ball to the line of scrimmage and avoid the loss.
Ball is on their 10 yard line. If the defense commits a personal foul, they’re penalized half the distance to the goal, 5 yards. If the offense commits a personal foul on the 10, they’re penalized 15 yards. The offensive penalty should be the same as the defensive penalty would be in legnth.
With 20 seconds on the clock, the defense commits a hold on the play. The defense is penalized 5 yards, but 12 seconds run off the clock. I’m surprised, like in basketball, the defense doesn’t occasionally deliberately foul. On a defensive penalty the clock should be reset to the time the play started.
Why not make the trade deadline more exciting? Allow teams to include part of the cap hit along with a player to make it more plausible to move expensive players. If not allow trading team to breakup up the cap hit over 3-5 years. Trades are exciting and often beneficial to the player as well. Facilitate the process.
This is what happens when my mind is idle.
