So it can fix a two-yard pass. But it can’t fix an erroneously missed call that might have decided a game?

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That’s a problem.

The entire idea behind replay is that it is supposed to be a safety net to right an egregious officiating wrong, to fix an obvious mistake by the officials on a play that decides the outcome of a game.

That may or may not have been the case Thursday night. The Vikings trailed, 17-15, with 25 seconds remaining in the game when Bradford threw an incompletion on a two-point conversion pass. The problem was, Bradford was hit in the head by Cowboys defensive tackle Cedric Thornton just after releasing the pass, a clearly illegal hit that was not penalized by referee Tony Corrente despite Bradford’s on-field plea for football justice.

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The Vikings might have committed a false start on the same play that, if called, would have halted the action. That is a separate issue. Thornton’s hit on Bradford should have been penalized and the Vikings should have had another attempt at the potential tying two-point conversion. Would they have necessarily been successful? No. But they should have had the chance.

The NFL’s competition committee has been adamantly against making judgment calls like pass interference, holding or an illegal hit subject to replay review. It has been against allowing a team to issue a replay challenge of a penalty not called. An end-of-game play such as Thursday’s would not have been subject to the challenge system, anyway, since jurisdiction over reviews is out of the coaches’ hands by then.

So a coach like the Eagles’ Doug Pederson can challenge a relatively inconsequential play such as the Packers’ two-yarder Monday, no matter how misguided his reasoning might be. But replay cannot come into play on a potential game-deciding call such as Thursday’s botched ruling by Corrente and his crew.

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That makes no sense, and the NFL needs to do something about it.

The league might not be ready to go to something like the model suggested by New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick, who previously has put forth a proposal to make all plays — those penalties called and those not called by the officials — subject to replay scrutiny under the coaches’ challenge system.

Maybe that’s not the answer. Perhaps the answer is an overhaul of the challenge system, and empowering a replay official to review a wider range of missed calls at his discretion. Maybe the answer is making prospective game-changing plays such as illegal hits, other personal fouls and pass interference subject to replay review.

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Whatever it is, the NFL needs to find some solutions. Its officiating problem is not going away. The officiating is a topic of conversation on a nearly constant basis now, it seems.

Replay is not supposed to be a panacea to fix every officiating mistake made in a game. It should not come into play on a meaningless two-yard completion.