As opinions continue to come in regarding the NFL’s recent plan to approve a one-year trial of replay expansion in order to include pass interference plays, one NFL head coach seemed to have said enough to help the NFL come to their decision much faster.
In a new Football Morning in America, Peter King recapped the events that led to the NFL approving the decision, one of which included competition committee chairman Rich McKay asking the league if they had anything to say on the matter. According to King, Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett took that chance to share his thoughts on why the expansion was something the league needed to do if it wanted to preserve and maintain the credibility of the game of football.
“They’re talking about one thing: the call that was missed,” Garrett said (via Pro Football Talk). “And so for me, the idea of somehow finding a way within the structure that already exists to be able to rectify that play, that egregious mistake, is paramount. If we all put our heads together, we can solve this situation. As we go forward, we can clean this up so that this isn’t the focal point of everybody at the end of this unbelievable game. It goes to the credibility of the game and the integrity of the game.”
According to an official from another team that had initially come into the meeting against the idea, King reported that Garrett’s speech was “pivotal” in moving some members into adopting the new rule. The rule passed easily, with 31 NFL teams voting for it.
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