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Arizona Cardinals: 5 changes NFL needs to make

By Scott Allen

TAMPA, FL - NOVEMBER 10: Officials review the catch by Larry Fitzgerald #11 of the Arizona Cardinals during the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Arizona Cardinals on November 10, 2019 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Will Vragovic/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - NOVEMBER 10: Officials review the catch by Larry Fitzgerald #11 of the Arizona Cardinals during the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Arizona Cardinals on November 10, 2019 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Will Vragovic/Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – AUGUST 30: Referee Brad Rogers #126 looks at a replay during a challange by the Buffalo Bills against the Chicago Bears during a preseason game at Soldier Field on August 30, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bills defeated the Bears 28-27. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – AUGUST 30: Referee Brad Rogers #126 looks at a replay during a challange by the Buffalo Bills against the Chicago Bears during a preseason game at Soldier Field on August 30, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bills defeated the Bears 28-27. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

Take consideration out of play during possible booth reviews

In the last two minutes of each half, as you know all reviews are handled by the booth.  It’s out of the teams hands.

So, let’s avoid all the controversy and just make every questionable call a reviewed one.  Yes, it may slow things down but isn’t getting the call correct on the field what we all want, whether we like the outcome or not?

If they had at least reviewed Sunday’s non-call and decided that it wasn’t pass interference, I could live with that.  Would I have liked it?  Absolutely not but at least we wouldn’t be sitting here arguing about it 48 hours later.

The explanation just makes it sound like an arbitrary one.  The optics are bad.  This is why you get people commenting the NFL is rigged.

For the record, its not but it sure feels like that at times.  The officials are only human.  But you have the livelihoods of a lot of personnel for both teams on the line, the call must be made correctly or at least try to get it right.

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