I heard Peter King is saying that the NFL might change the booth review to the last 5 minutes (from the last two minutes). This minor change would help prevent teams who have used all their timeouts from getting hosed at the end of games (see Falcons v. Eagles last week).
Here's a suggestion for the NFL: don't force teams to use a timeout for a challenge. Give teams an option. If they have a timeout, they can forfeit it in the event of a bad challenge. An alternative is the teams are penalized 10 yards if they lose their challenge. Teams can challenge as much as they want, but each time they lose one, it costs them. Don't limit the challenges, just make the penalty for losing them sufficient to discourage excessive challenging. The current system forces coaches to consider the likelihood that the refs will screw up later in the game. That shouldn't be the case ... so change the rule!
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