George Iloka penalty

[WestCoastBengalsFan]

(09-11-2016, 10:03 PM)The Real Deal Wrote: I haven't seen this discussed yet. That personal foul penalty called on Iloka that ultimately ended in a TD was IMO, ridiculous. There is no way that should have been flagged and my TV (and my wife) sure did hear a lot about it from me. I was livid.

I really believe the league should allow one coaches challenge on a penalty called per game. I understand that hits like that are bang bang plays and in real speed it may be hard to tell. So why not allow a challenge there? It was an awful call that could have been made right immediately. I have no doubt in my mind that would have been reversed if that provision were available. So am I crazy or does this make sense for the league to explore?

Here's the thing, at least IMO. The Bengals are pretty much "marked" at this point after the playoff game last year and how much publicity the personal fouls got. If you're in the secondary and going after a receiver while wearing Bengal colors you better make it super clean every single time. Whether they like it or not the perception is out there that the Bengals players don't always play clean. Every ref right now has that perception, until we go through a long stretch (probably a season) without a big fine/suspension for hit to the head, etc. we won't shake our image. As the NFL moves more and more to improve it's public view of player safety we will continue to be on the wrong side of the fifty-fifty calls until our image improves. The NFL doesn't want to second guess the refs anymore than they have to so I really doubt a challenge will come into place. My 2 cents.