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Since the end of the 2017 season, the NFL has undergone some major changes to several of the rules that have caused controversy and confusion over the last few years. The league has shown the willingness to adjust to the times were they feel change is necessary to improve the quality of the game for its players while making it more entertainings for fans to watch.
Among those added qualities over the years has been the usage of instant replay to help reduce the number of incorrect calls made on the field by officials in key spots of the game. According to Tom Pelissero of The NFL Network, Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has voiced that he wants to get rid of instant replay.
Jon Gruden just said he’d like to eliminate instant replay. Thinks everything looks like a penalty in slow motion.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 27, 2018
The use of instant replay has helped clear things up, but it isn't an exact science by any means as there are areas where it doesn't particularly lend well. Some of these instances that Gruden brought up were in pass inference calls and the catch rule that in itself had too many parts of it that had already made it difficult to decipher correctly in many situations.
There is also the aspect that it slows down the game that could hurt the momentum built a team taking control of the game on a particular drive or play made. However, Gruden's point in this regard is that he wants judgment to be made by the naked eye rather than the use of technology to make the calls. He feels that it eliminates all the confusion and fuss that instant replay creates on any given play within a game.
Gruden may feel strongly about this belief, but it doesn't look like the NFL is going to part ways with using instant replay as it has been an integral part of the league getting calls made the field right. In other words, instant replay looks like it's here stay and it's something that the Raiders new head coach has to grow to deal and use to his advantage.
