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Report: NFL tested technology to track 1st downs during games including Super Bowl (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=352576)

Report: NFL tested technology to track 1st downs during games including Super Bowl

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The NFL’s use of technology may finally be used to determine first downs.

Multiple reports out of the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday noted the league tested technology to track first downs during multiple games this past season, including Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.

While the optical technology is reportedly not ready to be used for the 2024 season, it could very well be implemented when it is.

If approved, one of the more outdated happenings in sports – sideline chain crews being used – would be obsolete. Despite the use of replay technology and more in the NFL, the league continuously uses chain crews.

Considering how vital first downs are during NFL games, it is fair to say everyone would agree taking the human error part out of determining whether a team picked up a new set of downs would be great.

What the technology is exactly remains to be seen, but it is a truth that the NFL has had the ability to track the football during games. It is used for their Next Gen Stats, and the league says a tracking system is installed at every stadium.

However, the technology is only used for analytics purposes – not to determine downs or anything else in the game.

The technology does not, however, determine when a player is down, whether it be by elbow, knee or any other body part.

Still, players, coaches and everyone involved would likely be open to technology that determines the position of the football instead of going based off an eye test, which can be reviewed by coach’s challenge.

When the technology could possibly be available for use during regular-season games remains to be seen, but it is certainly something to look out for as the league continues to adapt to modern times.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nfl-t...super-bowl.amp

Really? They better ****ing R&D that shit some more.

It’s pretty hilarious that they still use chains lol

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Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 17423673)

Really? They better ****ing R&D that shit some more.

They have been.

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Multiple reports out of the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday noted the league tested technology to track first downs during multiple games this past season, including Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.

Should be easy to put sensors in the nose of the football and see how far the nose achieved on each down.

Difficult part would be to make sensors that could handle the abuse of the football including kicking it.

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Originally Posted by penguinz (Post 17423683)

They have been.

Didn't seem to help late in the game when they shorted KC on spots several times down the stretch.

The technology is pretty shitty if they used it in the Super bowl. We must have had at least 5 instances where they spotted us short.

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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17423695)

Difficult part would be to make sensors that could handle the abuse of the football including kicking it.

A small chip inside a soft air filled football cushioning it should not be difficult at all. I've had fitbits, earbuds, and other various electronics take far more of a beating falling multiple stories, bouncing off concrete and working just fine. I imagine the biggest force a chip inside a football would face would be when the kicker clanks an extra point off the upright.

Too bad Mythbusters is not still around to look into the matter.

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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 17423700)

Didn't seem to help late in the game when they shorted KC on spots several times down the stretch.

I think they were just "using" the tech to compare how the humans fared. They weren't actually using it to spot the ball.

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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17423695)

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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 17423700)

Didn't seem to help late in the game when they shorted KC on spots several times down the stretch.

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Originally Posted by Womble (Post 17423711)

The technology is pretty shitty if they used it in the Super bowl. We must have had at least 5 instances where they spotted us short.

It doesn't tell the refs where to spot the ball, only if it is a first down based on where the refs decide to place it.

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The technology does not, however, determine when a player is down, whether it be by elbow, knee or any other body part.

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Originally Posted by myselff77 (Post 17423725)

We also have to remember the NFL uses two different footballs for kicking and regular offense. It wouldn't really be necessary to have a chip in a kicking ball would it?

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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17423695)

It's already done in English and other countries soccer balls. They are kicked repeatedly and blast of goal posts, peoples heads and stand walls. It should be already be used in the NFL

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Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 17423737)

It doesn't tell the refs where to spot the ball, only if it is a first down based on where the refs decide to place it.

That sounds logical.

What good does a sensor in the ball do if the guys knee is down and then the ball crosses the line?

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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 17423742)

We also have to remember the NFL uses two different footballs for kicking and regular offense. It wouldn't really be necessary to have a chip in a kicking ball would it?

A little microphone that amplifies the "DOINK" sound when it hits the upright would be kind of cool.