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Rich McKay acknowledges “angst” with pass interference rule
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:08 pm
Posted by Charean Williams on December 11, 2019, 4:46 PM EST NBCsports
Richard James "Rich" McKay is the president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons.
McKay has fulltime in season duties impacting officiating and the "points of emphasis" given to officials each week for each NFL game.
CSP as a member of the Committee has no in season power or authority.
CSP is limited to rule change suggestions in the offseason.
CSP has no voting power or real say so in any of the decisions of the Competition Committee or any of their in season decisions.
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Expanded replay for pass interference was supposed to fix a problem. But while trying to right the wrong from the NFC Championship Game last January, the NFL arguably made things worse not better.
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Sunday offered another week, another controversy. Or two. Or three.
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Al Riveron, the NFL’s officiating supervisor, dropped a flag against the Dolphins after an automatic booth review late in the fourth quarter that allowed the Jets to kick the game-winning field goal. Among other questionable pass interference decisions in Week 14, the Saints wanted a penalty against the 49ers that didn’t get called.
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Nearly every team has “felt the angst” this season, said Rich McKay, the chairman of the Competition Committee.
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The rule expanding replay to include pass interference was approved for only a one-year trial basis. McKay, the president and CEO of the Falcons, said the Competition Committee will scrutinize every pass interference review in the offseason to determine how it worked . . . or how it didn’t work.
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“It will definitely be a point of discussion from everybody’s perspective,” McKay said. “I think from the committee’s standpoint, what we typically do is we’ll go back and we’ll look at every single review and we will look at it from the standpoint as a committee: ‘Would we have reversed that? Would we not have reversed that?’ After you do that, which is what we did last year with use of helmet. I think we looked at 120 use of helmet plays. You get a good sense of, ‘Can we do this better? Does this have a path to get better and more efficient and more effective and more predictable? And what are the challenges?’ I thought we left last year [feeling] like we could initiate a review. We felt like we could teach it to the coaches, the players and that there would be adjustments and there have been. So let’s wait and see.
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“There’s no question there’s been angst. I’ve felt the angst. I felt the angst with our team. Feel the angst of others. But it’s a new rule. It’s a big change. It’s something we haven’t done before. So I don’t want to prejudge what the outcome could be.”
Richard James "Rich" McKay is the president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons.
McKay has fulltime in season duties impacting officiating and the "points of emphasis" given to officials each week for each NFL game.
CSP as a member of the Committee has no in season power or authority.
CSP is limited to rule change suggestions in the offseason.
CSP has no voting power or real say so in any of the decisions of the Competition Committee or any of their in season decisions.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:54 pm to Mrwhodat
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McKay has fulltime in season duties impacting officiating and the "points of emphasis" given to officials each week for each NFL game.
I feel it should be pointed out that... after an incorrectly applied pass interference on a punt from another game earlier in the season... included in the weekly "points of emphasis" video was that there is no pass interference on a punt formation
that's why Hussey and his crew was so well versed on the rule last Sunday
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:59 pm to rt3
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that's why Hussey and his crew was so well versed on the rule last Sunday
I am sure there are other "points of emphasis" given that no fan is privy to.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:20 pm to Mrwhodat
why couldn't Sean challenge the PI?
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:32 pm to hsfolk
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why couldn't Sean challenge the PI?
on the 4th & 18?
b/c by rule... pass interference is impossible on a play coming straight out of a punt formation
PI reviews are overturned like 10-15% of the time... this one had < 0% chance of being overturned
and holding isn't a reviewable penalty
Posted on 12/11/19 at 11:42 pm to hsfolk
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why couldn't Sean challenge the PI?
There were a number of no calls of OPI, that Emmanuel Sanders committed by reaching around and tugging the back of defenders' jerseys leading to TDs.
In contrast, Michael Thomas was called for an OPI in the fourth quarter effectively ending a Saints scoring drive.
Each official gets graded for bad calls or no calls.
Maybe in some future game, Emmanuel Sanders will get flagged for tugging jerseys because the refs received a "points of emphasis" pregame for that type of behavior.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:00 am to Mrwhodat
His freaking "angst" can't compare to my anger over the non call from last season. And yeah, I haven't got over it.
This post was edited on 12/12/19 at 1:02 am
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:50 am to rt3
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I feel it should be pointed out that... after an incorrectly applied pass interference on a punt from another game earlier in the season...
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that's why Hussey and his crew was so well versed on the rule last Sunday
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rt3
Have you ever worked for or are you currently a paid employee of the NFL or one of its assigns?
Asking for a friend.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:52 am to Mrwhodat
TLDR: NFL and the Falcons fricked us
Posted on 12/12/19 at 8:06 am to Mrwhodat
Is it too much to ask for consistency? Sure we got hosed in the NFCCG everyone acknowledges this ,but this year there is zero consistency when it comes to PI calls. Also they need to get rid of this automatic first down on a Defensive Hold. It is ridiculous to have that call which is also inconsistent extend a drive with an automatic first down on 3rd and long.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 9:06 am to Mrwhodat
the only "angst" should be how the Al and his merry bunch of idiots, no doubt supported by Rog, has so completely given the middle finger to the owners who voted for a PI replay system.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 10:27 am to Mrwhodat
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I am sure there are other "points of emphasis" given that no fan is privy to.
I'm wondering if these points of emphasis are one the main things screwing up these calls. Every year the league says OK guys these things we're going to be looking at closely this year. So that means that what the players got used to last year will be different this year. From the players' point of view, it's almost like there are different rules every year. Sometimes this happens week-to-week too. How can you have consistent officiating in an environment like that?
Posted on 12/12/19 at 10:37 am to Mrwhodat
This is a conflict of interest and McKay should not have that league job.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:00 pm to Champagne
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This is a conflict of interest and McKay should not have that league job.
That would require some integrity by the NFL. Al Riveron is a referee who has INTENTIONALLY got calls wrong all year because he and his refs got their feelings hurt. Why? Because Cavaleto and Turner made the worst call of any kind in the history of their profession. These people have zero integrity and it starts from the top with POS Goodell and the Owners.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 1:20 pm to Mrwhodat
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Each official gets graded for bad calls or no calls.
I know this is well known and often put out there by the NFL; however does anyone know exactly how they are graded? What rubric is used? What is a "passing" or "failing" score?
I wish the NFL would be more transparent with their officials. If you are not going to allow coaches and players to criticize the officials (and I understand why) then at least make the officials more transparently accountable. All we hear is "all of the officials are graded for each game and those grades matter for post season assignments."
Include the "points of emphasis" for each game. Those should be made public. Are they the same for all games that week? Is each crew given different points of emphasis for each team? Why do they need them to begin with? It seems a very easy way to influence games and force refs to have a "penalty quota."
Of all the things wrong with the NFL, IMO the way they handle officiating is the biggest area of need.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 9:55 am to Champagne
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This is a conflict of interest and McKay should not have that league job.
Agreed. Quinn and Dimitroff should go too. All 3.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 10:45 am to rt3
He could have challenged offensive PI on the first long 49ers td when the defender was pulled to the ground
Posted on 12/13/19 at 1:04 pm to hsfolk
No PI in punt formation, and you can't challenge holding.
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