NFL to consider allowing replay officials to flag non-football acts unpenalized on the field
NBC Sports • • sports
Key Points:
- The NFL Competition Committee is considering a rule change that would permit replay officials to throw penalty flags for fouls missed by on-field officials.
- The discussion focuses on addressing non-football acts, such as incidents involving Seahawks' Josh Jobe and Derick Hall, who were penalized post-game but not during play.
- NFL executive Troy Vincent emphasized careful restriction of this rule to avoid excessive expansion, suggesting initial tweaks to the language around non-football acts.
- If implemented, this change could lead to further debates about expanding replay officials' authority to call other missed penalties in games.
