An NFL Team has submitted a fantastic proposal to fix roughing the passer penalty
According to NFL Network's Judy Battista, a new rule that would allow roughing the passer to be reviewed by replay has been proposed by an NFL team. However, the Competition Committee of the league is unlikely to support it. The proposed rule will be voted on by ownership during the Annual League Meeting in March, unless it is withdrawn.
Battista reported on Monday that the Los Angeles Rams made the proposal to make roughing the passer reviewable and that the fourth-and-15 idea might be proposed again. The NFL Competition Committee met on Sunday in Indianapolis, where the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine will take place this week. During the meeting, the committee reviewed over 80 plays of roughing the passer and found three that it deemed questionable.
The committee discussed the difference between a "sling" and a "slam," with the latter being problematic when a defender picks up the quarterback in the air and slams him onto the ground. The committee also spent 90 minutes discussing officiating and how to achieve greater consistency across the league. Troy Vincent, executive vice president of football operations, stated that the committee was satisfied with the officials' level of training, according to Battista.
On Monday, the NFL Competition Committee met again to further discuss the proposal on roughing the passer.
