Vrabel email blast calls for consistent officiating

After a tumultuous week for the NFL and its officials, the league emailed an officiating video to each coaches and wide managers, arsenic it does connected a play basis. But this time, 1 caput manager was frustrated capable to reply all.

Tennessee Titans manager Mike Vrabel emailed backmost the NFL's officiating department, on with each caput manager and wide manager successful the league, with immoderate polite but pointed words.

Vrabel's email effect said: "I admit the clip and vigor that goes into these videos, but I suggest we give each infinitesimal of our officiating departments' clip ensuring our officiating crews are arsenic good trained successful the clarifications we worked to make successful the disconnected play and that each unit is arsenic accordant arsenic possible. Thank you."

The content is that Vrabel replied each intentionally, wanting to nonstop a connection and stress that the NFL needs to cleanable up its officiating mistakes. His connection echoes a changeless refrain from aggregate league executives and coaches who are looking for much consistency successful officiating.

The NFL's contention committee plans to sermon roughing the passer penalties aft the play amid leaguewide outrage implicit a brace of arguable penalties successful Week 5 -- 1 connected Atlanta's Grady Jarrett and the different connected Kansas City's Chris Jones. The taxable besides reportedly volition beryllium discussed Tuesday erstwhile NFL owners conscionable successful New York.

Jones suggested making roughing the passer penalties taxable to video review. That determination indispensable spell done the contention committee -- composed of six squad owners/executives and 4 caput coaches.

Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay told The Associated Press connected Wednesday that helium would enactment replay for these penalties, saying determination is "too overmuch inequity with what's capable to beryllium challenged and reviewed and what's not."

Despite the grievances, roughing the passer penalties are down 45% from this constituent past year. Through Week 5 successful 2021, 51 were called, portion 28 person been called this season.