Complaints about the fact that Patrick Mahomes gets too many phone calls to his advantage can soon be abolished if the rule change proposed by the NFL gets green light.
The NFL is expected to expand the replay assistance to plays that include the Quarterback Slide, According to the sources of ESPN.
Replay assistance was introduced in 2021 to enable officials and designated members of the department to give a second opinion in certain game situations when calling on the field.
The rule is applied in games where there is clear and clear video certificate, such as spotting the ball or an error, a complete or incomplete pass and touching the ball or a line.
In 2024, the competition expanded the rule with areas where information could be provided if a penalty flag was placed on the field. These include errors for hits that come outside the track, succeed on the head and deliberate grounding.
ESPN reported that additional elements could be added this season after Replay-Assist came into question after the Chiefs-Texans play-off competition last weekend.
The NFL could implement a major change in line that would remove the sliding tactic from Patrick Mahomes
The change of rule comes while its chiefs are accused of getting a boost from NFL officials
Mahomes scrambled out of his pocket, slid under two Houston defenders and pulled a 15-meter penalty on the Texans for unnecessary roughness.
“Oh come on,” said ESPN analyst Troy Aikman during the broadcast when the penalty was called. “I mean, he is a runner and I can’t disagree with that anymore. He is hardly touched. “
Aikman later said that the NFL “should tackle it out of season.”
“As a Quarterback you can’t run around and play games with the defenders and then be called for a penalty,” Aikman added.
The Quarterback Dia will probably be admitted when the NFL competition committee meets during the low season. The vote ends at the end of March during the annual meeting of the competition, which will be held in Palm Beach this year.
According to ESPN, the conviction within the competition is that there is no reason to bring even more objectivity and clarity to a game that fans can see at home and in the stadium.
After the 23–14 victory of the Chiefs at Houston, Mahomes denied the accusations
The Texan Passcher Will Anderson Jr. Was marked early in the game because he had treated the passer roughly. Later he claimed that Houston “knew we would be against the referees.”
After being the beneficiary of doubtful game calls the entire season, Mahomes came back to the claim that the Chiefs get favorable calls.
“I don’t think so,” Mahomes said Wednesday. ‘Ultimately, the referees do their best to call the game as honest and correct as possible.
‘The only thing you can do is go outside and play the game that you love, as hard as you can, and live with the results. I feel that I just continued playing the game, and I just try to win, and whatever happens, it happens too. “
The Chiefs are two victories away from their third Super Bowl title in a row while they prepare for the Buffalo Bills in the AFC title game.
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