listening to Mike and Mike

Disagree.

It's not a very common call (but has devastating results when called). 100% reviewable. No challenge needed. This includes hits on receivers. And pass interference. We're talking about game changing penalties here.

After all, they often allow a drive to continue. So I see it as a change of possession type deal. All turnovers and scoring plays are reviewed in the booth automatically inside of 2 minutes (even though we often don't see it). Same should be done here, but at any time.

 

Saw him rant about it. Didn't hear that part.

Predictably, the hit wasn't shown nor talked about on the highlight shows...

The hit on Wilson was. You could argue that one may have cost them the game. The one called against the Pats last week had zero effect on their game, but it was a travesty of epic proportions that everyone wailed and gnashed their teeth about.

I suppose I should be happy that at least Golic even mentioned ours...

 

Yes. All "hit" penalties. And PI calls.

Just as they do inside 2 minutes. What many fans don't realize is they review everything quickly. Then buzz the refs saying "take a closer look at this" if it looks like it needs it. Only then do fans see the refs stop to review it. But there's always someone reviewing upstairs.

The alternative (but less desirable IMO) is to give the coaches more challenges (say, 4 with a 5th if all 4 go your way), and make those calls challengeable. Is that a word?

 

Agree, all PF penalties should be automatically reviewed, would only take a couple seconds to determine.

Yeah, I thought that was amusing that they were talking about Worilds hit but kept showing the Wilson hit. Heaven forbid they show Steeler footage on the Patriots network

 

I've heard this before, too. As slow as this game has become, and as much as officiating has relied on replay, I think this might be a good thing. These bad calls dramatically change the course of a game. A 30 second review from upstairs could do a lot of good.

 

I could live with that.

Not sure they'd be any more consistent though. They tried that with facemasks, and eventually just made it a PF worth 15 yards regardless.