This is something that should have been reviewable, simply because the game is moving too fast for refs to see if a violent hit is legal or not. Violent hits, don’t necessarily mean illegal hits. There are also times when the offensive players makes the helmet to helmet hit unavoidable by ducking their head. Thankfully the NFL is coming to their senses.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday on NFL GameDay Morning that a proposal submitted last offseason by the Washington Redskins now has the support it needs to pass this spring.
Washington’s proposal to expand instant replay to personal foul penalties failed by just four votes at the NFL Annual Meeting in March. Rapoport was told that four teams who voted against the proposal will now cast their ballots in favor of the idea after the season.
“This is on the agenda when the competition committee meets in March,” Rapoport told NFL Media’s Rich Eisen. “The likelihood is that this is coming for the 2015 season.”
The report says they might just start with hits on receivers, but they need to expand that to quarterbacks as well.