Not only does neither Matthews nor Kendricks lift the quarterback off the turf, both actually directing their force at a downward vector toward the turf from the moment of impact.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

According to Tony Corrente, the penalty was called because the official saw Clay Matthews pick the quarterback off his feet. Leaving aside the question of whether that should be against the rules (personally, I don't think so, but that's beside the point), the video evidence showed conclusively that Matthews never did any such thing. If the league is going to stem the rising tide of fan disenchantment, they're going to have to implement some mechanism for overturning obviously erroneous judgment calls in a manner that doesn't cost teams for availing themselves of it. Your idea seems as good as any. It should be available for any penalty that results in change of possession or automatic first down. Ideally, it would be available for any fifteen-yard penalty or spot foul, but I think my suggestion would be a good first step.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

What about literally extending the challenge system to allow for penalties as well? Don't give people another challenge, keep the existing challenge system and have the call reviewed by an official in the booth or the league office. The prospect of losing a time out and your challenge should hopefully keep challenges to a minimum and keep the game moving.

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

1. It can slow the play down even more as the refs run into a huddle to see if play X did something to player Y.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

2. Loyalty. These guys work together a lot of games. Some of them do DI college games too. Too often one ref will kowtow to another for the sake of "Their Team".

Originally Posted by: wpr 

3. Having one or 2 officials in NYC review infractions also leads to more uniformity of the rules.

Originally Posted by: wpr 

What about literally extending the challenge system to allow for penalties as well? Don't give people another challenge, keep the existing challenge system and have the call reviewed by an official in the booth or the league office. The prospect of losing a time out and your challenge should hopefully keep challenges to a minimum and keep the game moving.

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

Kendricks torqued his body to bring Rodgers into the ground. If you watch the replay, and the second view you see that clear as day. I haven't seen that from Clay's hit. I'll look more.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I vote no. I vote less rules and the remaining rules need to be more black/white. If there's too much of a gray area or judgement needed, then the rule should be changed to be more black/white. Let the fans enjoy the damn moment of the game instead of tempering excitement waiting for a flag, or no flag.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool