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NFL May Review Video in Assessing Penalties
The NFL competition committee will consider video review for missed safety penalties after kickoff concussions rose from 8 to 35 in 2025, officials said.
- On Friday, the NFL said it will discuss using video review to assess penalties for player-safety violations missed by officials and consider making face mask, unnecessary roughness, roughing the passer, and hip-drop tackles reviewable in the offseason by the NFL competition committee.
- Face‑mask misses and a spike in returns have prompted concerns, as half of concussions stem from face‑mask blows and kickoffs saw a 74% return rate with 35 concussions in 2025.
- Allen Sills emphasized the league's safety focus by saying `We are on an unending and relentless quest to get the head out of the game`, while Dawn Aponte highlighted enforcement gaps noting 30 fines versus two flags with one incorrect.
- League leaders point to the 2019 pass‑interference experiment to caution that the proposal would be significant but not unprecedented, and conversations with the competition committee on formations and speeds of play have begun.
- Addressing on‑field behavior and equipment could be part of the league strategy to reduce concussions, as Miller said, `If a significant number of concussions on field... are a result of blows to the face mask, then we need take a look at the face masks.
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NFL says it will discuss using review for player safety penalties missed by officials
The NFL says it will discuss using video review to assess penalties for player safety-related violations that are missed by officials.
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