Quote:What the NFL needs right now is somebody who can determine whether an offensive player is trying to protect himself, in a defenseless position, or encouraging the a defensive player to hit a certain body part to prevent fines like this one.

I'd be ok with the refs using their judgement and instant replay. It wouldn't be too hard; most of the time you can tell by who lowers their helmet first (usually anyway).As for allowing coaches to challenge a HTH call by the refs, it would be cool if coaches could challenge a missed call as well. Say a coach knows his QB got blasted and the ref missed it, for example.


There seems to be a lot of bias towards some of the bigger names in the league. Last week, Suh clobbered a QB with a forearm to the guys face. It drew a penalty, but no fine. If he did that to Brady the NFL would've imploded. I think allowing coaches to review all those type of calls would help balance that out a bit.


On a somewhat un-related side note, I hate that the NFL users older gents to ref these games. In my opinion, younger people who can run and can actually you know, see the field, should be the referees. I laugh watching a 50 plus year old guy trying to keep up with a guy who's running a score in. And don't give me that experience crap either. This is a game that young children play, and these old guys mess up a ton of calls. A little youth couldn't hurt.

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