I never saw any stats, but wonder, how often do the replay reviews result in overturning a decision on the field?
I’m all for getting the call right, and know sometimes the refs missed it. But I’ve also seen replay reviews where you really couldn’t tell from the replay what happened. Such as, did he have both feet inbounds? Did he break the pane of the goal line? Was it really pass interference; did the cornerback really interfere, or was he going for the pass himself, which is perfectly legal under the rules.
I wonder if we should just agree that replay reviews don’t always settle the issue. And maybe consider doing away with them.
>>I wonder if we should just agree that replay reviews don’t always settle the issue.<<
Well, yeah. And about those Barbies, I wonder whether we should just go back to having them be all blondes, — because we are REALLY interested in improving the sales of those dolls. Let’s think of even more ways to make this an interesting consumer product.
In the words of another Freeper -— “DIE, NFL, DIE!”
Good question. Here is what I found:
Year Games Total Plays Reviewed Avg. Reviews/ Game Total Plays Reversed Percentage of plays reversed Avg. Delay/ Review
1999 248 195 0.8 57 29% 2:54
2000 248 247 1.0 84 34% 3:05
2001 248 258 1.0 89 34% 3:04
2002 256 294 1.1 94 32% 3:01
2003 256 255 1.0 66 26% 3:13
2004 256 283 1.1 88 31% 3:18
2005 256 295 1.2 92 31% 3:16
2006 256 311 1.2 107 34% 2:37
2007 256 327 1.3 122 37% 2:38
2008 256 315 1.2 117 37% 2:40
2009 256 328 1.3 126 38% 2:39
2010 256 361 1.4 133 37% 2:42
2011 256 390 1.5 172 44% 2:30
2012 256 435 1.7 170 39% 2:33
2013 256 423 1.7 185 44% 2:25
2014 256 439 1.7 151 34% 2:13
2015 256 415 1.6 176 42% 2:16
2016 256 345 1.3 149 43% 2:25
1999–2016 4,584 5,916 1.3 2,178 37% 2:45