At the very least it's a step forward in trying to get the calls right on the field. Although, as with any highly-scrutinized competition, there's bound to be problems with any new solution and fans will be on the lookout for anything else they can complain about online.

The statement comes a day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called the Chiefs conspiracy theories “ridiculous.” NFLRA executive director Scott Green agreed with Goodell in the statement posted to X by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, and tried to illustrate how difficult something like that would be to pull off.