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While establishment voices like John Elway and Stephen Jones have already started downplaying the idea of expanding replay review for pass interference Sam Shields Jersey , there are other voices within the football world who think a solution to last week’s NFC Championship Game fiasco exists.Via Les Bowen of the , 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said sometimes you have to shrug off some missed calls, and that coaches can get used to it at times, but added an important caveat.“When things are obvious, and everyone in the world knows, that you do whatever it takes to get it right,鈥?Shanahan said.It doesn’t get more obvious that Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman‘s whacking of Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis. Robey-Coleman admitted as much after the game, saying he was willing to take the penalty over the risk of giving up a potential touchdown. Every American with a high-definition television knows it, so the possibility of an official in the booth having some kind of input in the process doesn’t seem farfetched (much in the same way a concussion spotter can stop play to protect players).Patriots coach Bill Belichick has always advocated for expanding what can be reviewed, given a limited number of challenges in the hands of coaches. And the CFL model seems utterly reasonable 鈥?coaches can challenge pass interference, but only get one challenge per game and they have to have a timeout to be able to use it. The fact the time of CFL games has averaged 2:50 and 2:51 the last two seasons suggests the sanctity of the three-hour game isn’t necessarily at stake by taking the chance to get a potentially significant play right.Bills General Manager Brandon Beane cited the CFL rule, and said he’d have to know the specific wording of a proposal before committing to an endorsement.鈥淵ou鈥檇 have to do something everybody鈥檚 going to be comfortable with,鈥?Beane said. 鈥淚 think if you鈥檙e looking to shorten the game, and now you鈥檙e going the other way with it http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-brandin-cooks-jersey , it may turn people off.鈥滳hange will be difficult, though Saints coach Sean Payton’s presence on the competition committee guarantees the topic will come up.Whether he can generate enough support from voices like Shanahan 鈥?such that the voices of coaches ever really matter in NFL rules decisions 鈥?remains to be seen. The Buccaneers accomplished an intriguing swap this week, trading in defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and his $13 million salary for defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and a $9.25 million salary with another $750,000 in potential incentives. They did it even though they know McCoy extremely well, but they don’t really know Suh very well at all.Indeed, Suh (who signed the one-year deal while vacationing in France) didn’t visit Tampa or work out for the team. Remember the Brock Osweiler debacle in Houston? The Texans signed the quarterback sight-unseen on the first day of free agency in 2016, and it would be been far more beneficial for both sides (specifically Osweiler and coach Bill O’Brien) to have spent some time together in order to get a feel for whether they ultimately might, you know, hate each other.With Suh, the Buccaneers had some prior knowledge, beyond the fact that offensive lineman Evan Smith was once on the receiving end of a Suh stomp. G.M. Jason Licht went to college at Nebraska, so he has followed the career of the former Cornhusker closely. Also, Buccaneers assistant strength and conditioning coach Chad Wade worked at Nebraska throughout Suh’s career there, and Bucs quarterbacks coach Clyde Christenen worked in Miami for two of Suh’s three seasons with the Dolphins.Throw in the fact that defensive coordinator Todd Bowles became familiar with Suh when the Jets considered signing him in 2018 and the reality (per a source with knowledge of the situation) that the Buccaneers had done research on Suh in the past Womens Brandon Allen Jersey , the team felt comfortable making the commitment without an in-person visit or workout.The move nevertheless remains curious. Suh actually had fewer sacks than McCoy in 2018 (four vs. 6.5), and Suh played with double-team magnet Aaron Donald in L.A.. Of course, Suh also spent plenty of time rushing the passer from the edge of the line, which isn’t his natural position and which could make it harder to fault Suh for the perception that he didn’t have a great year.Still, it seemed that Suh saved his maximum effort for big moments last year, not standing out during much of the regular season and finding the gas pedal in the playoffs. The Rams traded for Dante Fowler Jr. (they initially wanted Jerry Hughes) due largely to their disappointment with Suh’s performance as a pass rusher.Consider these March comments from coach Bruce Arians, made specifically regarding McCoy: “I mean, guys when they age, it’s different. Usually they’re at the age when they get paid the most and the production doesn’t match. It’s a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately business. It’s hard. It’s cold. That’s it.”That same thought process applies to Suh, who at 32 is more than a year older than McCoy. Even though the Bucs have some institutional knowledge regarding what Suh has done in the past, they don’t really have a good feel for what he’s done lately — and more importantly for what he’ll do during his one-year stint in Tampa.In fairness to the Buccaneers, plenty of teams roll the dice without much advance work. The Raiders traded for Antonio Brown and the Browns traded for Odell Beckham Jr. essentially on a whim, with no visit or workout or anything to ensure that the moves will work. Like deals done at the start of free agency, however http://www.theramslockerroom.com/authentic-ramik-wilson-jersey , the circumstances of the Brown and Beckham trades required the prospective teams to do a bit of prospecting. Suh has been available for more than two months, and the Bucs had as much time as they needed to bring him in for a visit (no one else was clamoring to sign him), to give him a full physical before making the kind of splash that will be very hard to undo if his eventual physical causes some concern, and to maybe put him through a drill or two to ensure that, at his age, the production will match the price.Frankly, there would have been no harm whatsoever in getting Suh in the same room with Arians; within five minutes, Arians would know whether Suh is fully committed to doing everything in his power to help the Bucs end an extended postseason drought. (And if Suh’s position was “sign me without a visit,” maybe that was all the Bucs needed to know.)Basically, the Bucs made a calculated risk that didn’t have to be calculated. They could have gotten more information before making a major investment, and it’s fair to wonder why they didn’t.
