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    Replay and other random thoughts

    I am convinced more than ever that replay is ruining football. It is absolutely torturous to watch what seems like every sideline catch and scoring play reviewed. It disrupts the flow of the game. It allows you to view a game, get excited over a score or a play, then rips the rug out from underneath you while making you wait for the outcome. It's no better in baseball. Though I understand it's not going away, I absolutely hate it.

    Tennis and basketball have it right. The calls are used very sparingly and result in an immediate decision. Little to no waiting. No viewing from 5 different angles. No indecision on something we can clearly see from our own living rooms.

    And don't tell me that "getting it right is the most important thing". Sometimes REPLAY doesn't even result in a right decision!! You mean to tell me Garcon's sideline catch (a call which was overturned and ruled a catch) was legit? His momentum was clearly taking him a foot out of bounds in the act of the catch. You can't convince me otherwise.The human element is a part of sports. Players make mistakes. Coaches make mistakes. Officials make mistakes. Live with it. Be more competent. Add an official if need be. You mean to tell me in all the games played in the years before replay that there were THAT MANY plays that weren't called correctly?? I don't buy it.

    Also stuck in my craw was the roughing the passer call vs. Aaron Donald. This is exhibit "A" of what's ruining the game. Guy hits the QB in the act of throwing, executes a perfect form tackle, doesn't lead with the head and still gets flagged 15 yards simply because Hoyer took a hard hit. Can't tell you how infuriated I was watching that. Concern for safety (hypocritical given the NFL's long time denial of concussion effects and allowing Thursday night football) has completely neutered good defensive play.

    It's getting tougher and tougher to enjoy sports. And replay shows that change isn't always for the better.

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    Disagree with you on the replay issue. Is the system perfect? No, but it does correct several errors. For example, though I hate to admit it the Garcon play WAS a catch. Both feet were in bounds when he secured the ball. As far as pulling the rug from underneath your excitement, what about the times when a player was incorrectly ruled short of the endzone and then the call was reversed? Or even when the ball is spotted incorrectly after a 3rd and short, and is reversed to keep a drive alive? Speaking for myself, in those moments it turns that moment of anger into a moment of elation! Shoot, I wish they could have reviewed the Donald play because that would have saved 15 yards and would have given them a chance to get the call right.
    Last edited by svh01; -09-22-2017, 05:46 AM.

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      I have to disagree with both. Donald picked his feet up and drove the QB into the ground. It was a close call, and it wasn't overtly obvious to be a pile driver, but it was technically a roughing the passer. Also, you had to look really close to see the slightest of debris, but both feet were down on that Garcon catch.

      What upsets me is that the officials didn't do the same degree of ticki-tackness to protect Goff. On the offside at about the two minute mark of the 3rd, a player goes after Goff's knees well after he got rid off the ball. Where the heck was roughing the passer there? That was more obvious than AD's body slam. The on-sides-kick was a delay of game and should have been called back. The PI that was called at half way through the third was pretty ticki-tack, yet there was no PI called when Woods was prevented from coming back to the ball a few minutes later.


      I think Replay is good and needs to stay. As far as everyone making mistakes, I don't think that is a good excuse. When the players get caught "making mistakes", there's a penalty for it to make things "even" in the game. When the refs make mistakes, there appears to be no penalty for it, except for the team that took it in the shorts from their "mistakes". I think a coach should be able to replay a refs decision if the decision has a major impact on the outcome of the game.


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        I'll agree replays can be frustrating and disruptive, but I remember so many huge plays in the 70's and 80's where there was no replay, and games were affected in a big way because of horrible, horrible calls. THAT was really frustrating. I'll gladly put up with the hassles of replay, in order to try and get it right.

        For the record, I thought the Garçon catch was legit, and the Donald hit was also legit, unless there is an NFL rule that doesn't allow defensive players to land on the player their tackling. I'll bet Donalds rep had something to do with being flagged.
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