NFL

[mikey]

What if it has red hair or something...

[Orlando Penguin]

I don't want Butker to get fired/cut/whatever. But I would like to see him go all Blair Walsh and start shanking them and hooking them to cost the Chiefs a few games. Just for the comedic value that would be involved.

[meow]

As an illegitimate child myself, it certainly feels like one of the more stupid holdovers of ye olde days.

you bastard

[faftorial]

I don't want Butker to get fired/cut/whatever. But I would like to see him go all Blair Walsh and start shanking them and hooking them to cost the Chiefs a few games. Just for the comedic value that would be involved.

Agreed. People know who he is now which had to factor in his decision to deliver that speech.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I’ll take it

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Over the past five years I’ve developed a pretty irrational pet peeve about down and distance measurements. So important yet so arbitrary

[nocera]

I kind of like it when the two old chubby dudes jog out with the chains. Besides, the problem wasn't the chains, it's the arbitrary ball spotting and this won't do anything to fix it. It'll speed up the game a bit though.

[genoscoif]

I kind of like it when the two old chubby dudes jog out with the chains. Besides, the problem wasn't the chains, it's the arbitrary ball spotting and this won't do anything to fix it. It'll speed up the game a bit though.

Yeah...this. The chains did nothing but build 'suspense' back in the day, but with the first down line on your TV screen you know before they take one step on the field whether it's short or not. Can't wait for the first coach/fan base meltdown after a close spot goes against them and there's no 'on the field' measurement.

Spotting the ball will still be an issue, but to be fair it's sometimes even an issue with replay.

[robbiestoupe]

The same technology should be used for touchdowns too. So many questions over whether the ball passed the plane or not.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

it’s not “one problem”. Chain gangs are a smaller problem, yeah, but still a problem (the “index card” game)


that said, I agree that the much more pressing issue is spotting. I know it’s inherently difficult because you have to match the location of the ball to when the runner is deemed down/to have had their forward momentum stopped, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible

if I was head of the NFL’s research department I’d try to figure out a way to put sensors in the ball and have that map to camera playback. So in a review a ref can determine when a runner is deemed down and then pinpoint the location of the ball at that point (or, if it’s a matter of crossing a plane, if the ball crossed the plane before the runner was down)

I’m sure the “sensor” bit is very complex too though

[Rylan]

i am not sure there is anything available that is more precise for the value added than what exists today...

[CBear3]

I’m sure the “sensor” bit is very complex too though

It is, and most aren't going to be as precise as you'll want them to be.
We can't even define a catch so ball sensors feel like they're in the distant future.

[dodint]

https://x.com/FFDynastyGrill/status/1796206110426247602

[LITT]

looks like the receiver ran the wrong route