Minnesota Vikings robbed Late in Thursday night’s contest at the Los Angeles Rams, the failure to call a clear facemask penalty was a way to cap off a potential game-tying drive when Minnesota quarterback Sam Darnold picked up a safety that helped the Rams to a 30-20 victory.

Understandably, many members of the NFL community reacted, arguing that the league should prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

Mike Florio A Pro Football Talk/NBC Sports official is among those who believe face mask fouls should be subject to renewed scrutiny.

“It takes very little time to see this happen,” Florio wrote. “The evidence is always clear and concise. “And the consequences of authorities failing to detect this in real time could be devastating.”

Per Kevin Seifert of ESPN Referee Tra Blake told a pool reporter after Thursday’s game that he “didn’t get a good look” at the play in question and therefore “didn’t see the face mask being pulled.” Blake added that referee Carl Paganelli “didn’t take a good look at the incident because there were players between him and the quarterback.” A simple video replay review likely would have led to Minnesota’s drive being correctly continued with an obvious defensive penalty.

This is the second time in less than a month that a controversial no-call has affected the outcome of a “Thursday Night Football” game. Like Florio mentioned In a different article, a missed facemask penalty ultimately benefited the Atlanta Falcons against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers In week 5.

“There are more and more things that cannot be studied,” Florio continued. Open Thursday night. “And with the increase of late replay help, The NFL is doing more than ever before supporting those in black and white who have a very different perspective on events on the field than the rest of us.”

Meanwhile, well-known NFL writer Luke Eastern An Athlon Sports official thinks the league “might allow everything to be reviewed” in the final two minutes of games.

“There’s no reason the league shouldn’t use replay assistance to ensure clear and obvious calls like we saw Thursday night go the right way, rather than allowing an embarrassing mistake to determine the winner of another game,” Easterling said. “…Limiting this to blatant missed calls like we saw on Thursday night and only the final two minutes of the game will ensure that the outcome of the game at critical moments does not result in costly mistakes made by team officials that can easily be corrected in real time to ensure a fairer outcome.”

History suggests the league won’t make such a big change midway through the season, but owners could discuss the issue during the offseason before meaningful practices begin. If nothing else, at least two teams could support changing what can and cannot be reviewed following the events of October 2024.