NFL neglected to properly review controversial TDs by Harvin, Watkins

[Spider-Dan]

this mishap(s) is a direct result of the NYC review process.  There are far too many plays to be reviewed in a central headquarters.

There are, at most, 11 games being played at any given moment (usually less than that).  I'm sure the NYC office can spare a dozen people for replay review.

[MikeO]

This replay system the NFL has adopted is the same the NHL uses and they are going off the NHL blueprint. Where every replay goes to the central headquarters in NYC. They have seen how the NHL runs it and how it works. Granted 2 very different sports and what not but this isn't some untested system.

[Brian Fein]

Dude I'm well aware of the NHL system. They have MAYBE 1 or 2 goals per night to review. There are about 10-15 plays, between all scoring plays and all turnovers, PER GAME. There are 10-11 games going on at a time. Not even including coach's challenges and inside-2-minutes reviews... there is no comparison between the magnitude of how many plays the NFL needs to review compared to the NHL.

With all those reviews going on at once, it wouldn't surprise me if they just look quickly and say "yup looks good" in the interest of saving time.

[MikeO]

No real bad calls this week. Unless I missed hearing about one.

Looks like the NFL refs got their act together for at least 1 week

[fyo]

There were quite a few headscratchers in the Broncos @ Seahawks game. Sure, no one stepped out of bounds and then scored a touchdown and the worst calls were not reviewable. Still, when a defenders jumps into the neutral zone with his hole head and the ref throws a flag, you'd expect it to be a good call... but, no, after a 10 minute on-field conference reminiscent of the substitute refs from a few years ago, the flag is picked up with the explanation that the guy wasn't in the neutral zone after all. (Then why was the flag thrown? And since only 1 guy has responsibility for this, and this was the guy who threw the flag, why didn't he either stick to his call or pick it up immediately. No one else could possibly have had anything to contribute.)

Contact to quarterbacks' helmets is apparently not really being enforced this year. Late hits also don't seem to be as rigorously applied. (The only thing I mind is the inconsistency.)

[Spider-Dan]

Those things are all judgment calls, though*... not something you would look at in slow motion and determine, "Yes, possession was lost at the 1.5 yard line."

*you cannot use video replay to determine offsides, silly as that may seem