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Expect the NFL to Change Instant Replay Rules, Make Field Goals Reviewable
By now you've probably seen the bizarre field goal at the end of yesterday's Browns-Ravens game: The kick was ruled no good on the field, then the officials discussed it, and then they (correctly) ruled it good. The NFL claims that instant replay was not used to make that ruling, as that would have been a violation of league rules. But I've heard from multiple sources today that you can ...
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John Clifford Ness — ... Expect the NFL to Change Instant Replay Rules, Make Field Goals Reviewable: I've heard from multiple sources today that you can pretty much count on the NFL competition committee to recommend -- and the teams to adopt -- a rule change this off-season to make field goals reviewable, both with coaches throwing challenge flags and, in the last two minutes of halves and in overtime, with the replay official buzzing the ref. ...

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