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Goodbye, chain gang. Hello, Technology.
The NFL will make a 21st century approach to its first measurement system at the bottom for the 2025 season, will get rid of the chain gang and instead with a technology monitoring system. The news was confirmed by Jarrett Bell of the USA Today Sports.
From the coming season, the NFL will use the Hawk-Eye virtual measure to determine the line to be won and this will be the main method of measurements. The chain gang, which has been used for practically all the life of football, will always be on the sidelines, but will be used as a secondary method to determine the distance.
Now, instead of bringing out the channels, the league will go with a “virtual measure”. The system works with cameras inside the stadium that follow players, officials and the ball. Once the ball is spotted, the system informs civil servants if a first try has been reached.
The Hawk-Eye system received “in-depth tests” in 2024, according to Kimberly Fields, main vice-president of NFL football operations. The Associated Press reported In July, it would be tested during the pre-season 2024. If there were problems with the system, the league could get rid of it, but for the moment, the league feels comfortable using it in the future.
“If that does not improve the game, which makes it more effective, we are not going to do it. We will do nothing that will harm the integrity of the game,” said Fields.
This decision was widely desired by the NFL fans, who especially considered that the chain gang was an obsolete system which could not give the most precise measures for the downward distance or determine if a team took a first duration.
Without technology, there have been controversial calls. An excellent example occurred in the 2024 playoffs. In the AFC championship, the Buffalo bills directed the Chiefs of Kansas City 22-21 in the fourth quarter when they decided to do so in fourth position in the territory of the opponent. The quarter-Arrière Josh Allen attempted a Sneak, and even if certain camera angles indicated that he could have crossed the first marker below, it was not final and the officials judged that he had not reached the line to win a first. Kansas City would get the ball, would mark a hit and end up winning the match.
Washington Commanders Coach Dan Quinn was requested by USA Today Sports at the NFL screening combination if it was favorable to the use of virtual measures.
“I am,” he said. “Especially if we can, as, more effectively to mark it. And then the game continues and we continue to switch. Sometimes you are on this disc and you want to continue, move the ball. So, having means to do it … Can you do it in a big heap on a quarter-back sneak? Probably not. But there are other ways, to locate it when it is closed. Can you identify it and work quickly?
Contribution: Bell jarrett
(This story has been updated with new information.)