Friday, March 28, 2008

Dawson rule?

As ESPN's John Clayton reports, Phil Dawson's nearly disallowed game-tying field goal against the Ravens last year has spurred a proposed rule change. Field goal kicks were previously not reviewable under instant replay rules, but that was because of kicks that sailed over the uprights, not kicks that may or may not have cleared the crossbar.

The officials initially got the Dawson call wrong. They wanted to review the tape, but the replay rules wouldn't let them. So all they could do was discuss it amongst themselves, and then they kind of had to take a guess. They got it right that time, but who's to say they won't get it wrong the next time? This is a no-brainer to me. Clayton feels some owners might vote it down. Frankly, any owner who votes against this is an idiot.

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