Executive VP of football operations Troy Vincent says NFL rulebook gives officials leeway to make 'judgment calls,' such as the ones last week.
Our NFL Up Vote crew debates what the NFL needs to do to fix the roughing the passer calls that have gotten out of control.last week spurred calls for the NFL to revamp its rules, a league executive on Sunday backed the referees' decisions.
However, executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent declined to say whether the calls by referees Jerome Boger and Carl Cheffers were correct. . "Why? Because in Article 11 [of the rulebook], this is the one rule – and we have a ton of rules – where the judgment you give the referee, that white hat, is the latitude to call that play in real time.
NFL Executive VP Troy Vincent joined Sunday NFL Countdown to discuss the recent controversy surrounding roughing the passer calls:
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