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NFL to potentially use optical tracking system to measure 1st Downs for 2024
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05-21-2024, 07:06 PM | #2 |
Pessimistically optimistic.
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I also have an optical tracking system: my eyes.
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05-21-2024, 07:11 PM | #3 |
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If they’re gong to use it, they should use it for every down.
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05-21-2024, 08:09 PM | #4 |
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Not sure if I like this or not. Kinda takes the humanity out of the game.
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05-21-2024, 08:28 PM | #5 |
"I'm with you fellers"
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Yet they have no answer for the most important measurement, the goal line.
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05-21-2024, 08:29 PM | #6 |
What's up braj?
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Would like to see Carl Cheffers measure Chris Jones’ hawg lmao
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05-21-2024, 08:44 PM | #7 |
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05-22-2024, 07:52 AM | #8 |
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Makes sense. The current system seems pretty shoddy, like that time when a ref used an index card to determine if a spot had resulted in a first down.
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05-22-2024, 07:54 AM | #9 |
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I wish there were more details on exactly what this system does. It sounds to me like it's just something they'd use for first-down MEASUREMENTS rather than something that would help them SPOT the ball. The latter is the bigger issue, so I'm skeptical this will change much aside from cutting down the time to have the chain gang run out there once or twice a game.
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05-22-2024, 08:07 AM | #10 |
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Now we can trust computer software in the age of gambling instead of your lying eyes and HD cameras.
I hope they figure it out, but sounds like a fail to me. I can see it in specific situations, but don't feel it will be as accurate as a baseball strike zone. |
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05-22-2024, 08:11 AM | #11 |
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Finally
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05-22-2024, 08:12 AM | #12 |
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Not sure why they can't integrate a sensor into both ends of the football and know exactly where the forward progress ends.
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05-22-2024, 08:17 AM | #13 |
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How would this help if it’s a reach over the line to gain type of play? The ball can be reached if it crosses, but you still need to determine if the runner was down before that happened. And that’s usually 90% of the contention in that type of play.
Dunno. Give it a shot, sure, but I don’t know if I see its value |
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05-22-2024, 08:20 AM | #14 |
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05-22-2024, 08:21 AM | #15 | |
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- It wouldn't be accurate in cases where forward progress is stopped but the pile lunges forward after the whistle is blown. - Similarly, it wouldn't be accurate when the key question is when the runner is down. - Just in general, it would be difficult to relay the "correct" ball placement down to the field. For example, if the system said that the ball should be at the 47.382 yard line, how does the ref place the ball at that spot? I don't want refs carrying around yard sticks out there. Could they get around all of that? Maybe. You could sync audio/video timestamps up with the sensor data to address the first two. You could say that they aren't literally measuring the placement but are only using it when a first down (or touchdown) is in question. But all of that makes it more complicated, and the NFL tends to err on the side of keeping a little of the human element in the game, and it would be admittedly unsatisfying to have them just tell us what they computers say rather than giving fans something to debate. |
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