(01-19-2025, 09:03 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Man that PI call was [BLEEP] and was offensive PI if anything as the receiver clearly extended his arms pushing the defender away and to the ground..  And it led to a TD for the Bills just before halftime.  Major swing decided by the opinion (and a bad one at that) of one guy wearing stripes on the field.  These garbage calls that affect games need to be reviewable in the worst way.

Yeah that was the worst PI call I've seen in a while.  Turns out to maybe be the difference in the game.  If Buf is held to an FG there, the Ravens don't go for 2 at the end, and you have Buf getting the ball back with about 90 seconds to play and down 3 points.  

I don't see how you make PI reviewable with current replay technology though.  It's a judgement call in the first place and there won't ever be enough "evidence" to overturn the call on the field with video alone.

It's going to remain the big flaw in most big games until we get some out of the box thinking. One idea is make the penalty five yards, repeat the down, plus the offending player is disqualified for the next three plays, plus 10 seconds back on the clock.  That way the defense still gets penalized, but the offense still needs to actually complete a pass to get into scoring position.

Another idea is strap 3d motion tracking pucks to players' shoulders, elbows and wrists, and let AI come up with an objective threshold for the arm movements associated not just with PI but also holding in general. Basically let the computers become the refs. Fans are already accepting it in baseball, don't know if they would ever accept it in football.

Until then you just have to deal with this very small number of random but huge calls changing the outcomes of games.

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