On the fifth floor of the league headquarters in New York, in a room named after a referee, the NFL has finally turned instant replay into mostly a snap-of-the-finger exercise. But only the few, the proud, the New York City replay official can watch live-live. Cox/Getty Images (Replay review) Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (Arizona Cardinals) Scott Taetsch/Getty Images (DeVonta Smith) Tom Pennington/Getty Images (challenge flag)Īpproximately 17 million people watch NFL broadcasts live. Adam Glanzman/Getty Images (Vrabel) Cisco (AMGC) Kevin C. 28th this season, starting a technological chain of events that involves Cisco, Hawk-Eye Innovations and the NFL league office.
Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel vociferously throws a red flag to initiate an instant replay review on Nov.