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When the NFL re-embraced replay review, the system was founded on a presumption that the league would create a finite list of reviewable plays, with nothing else subject to replay.

Recently, a high-level official with one of the NFL’s teams suggested to PFT that the presumption should be changed: Everything is reviewable, with a finite list of true judgment calls and other plays not subject to replay review.

The goal would be to ensure that any clear errors that can easily be fixed via replay review would be eligible, without worrying about whether that specific situation has been added to the slowly-growing list of reviewable plays. If, instead, the play in question hasn’t been flagged as non-reviewable, replay can be used.

“And since that idea makes perfect sense, it never will be adopted,” I wrote when presenting that concept.

After further review, the league sees the potential merit in the proposal. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media explained on NFL Network’s GameDay Morning that this approach will be considered.

It’s the only prudent way to pull the plug on bad calls that can’t be reviewed because the NFL hasn’t added the specific play to the replay list. And it represents a much-needed change from the reactive to the proactive when constructing replay review.