Committee proposes replay change

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NEW YORK -- The NFL will look into changing instant replay rules in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the blown call by referee Ed Hochuli that helped cost San Diego a game last season.

The competition committee will propose that when the ball comes loose when a quarterback is throwing, replay can be used to determine if it is a fumble or an incomplete pass. Such a change would resemble the rules alteration made for down-by-contact plays two years ago.

In the final minute of a game at Denver in Week 2, Hochuli ruled a ball that slipped from Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler's grasp was an incomplete pass instead of a fumble. The ball was recovered by the Chargers and Hochuli later acknowledged his decision was wrong.

 

[A.E]

The need to change the system so that the Official "up stairs" is the one to review the play and radio down the correct call.

If you think about the time is takes for the on-field Official to walk over, put on the headset, stick his head under the hood and watch the play...the Official "up stairs" has already seen the play, at every angle, about 7 times.