Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was on the wrong end of some obvious facemask penalties that didn’t earn flags last season.
Some of those plays went on to see the offenders fined — not that it helped the Bengals much in hindsight. Other major misses somehow didn’t get fined.
And now the NFL might be doing something about it.
As it stands now, the NFL could rule to change things up this offseason and make facemask penalties subject to replay assistance. And it appears they’re already doing so in the playoffs right now.
Considering Burrow seems to suffer from an inordinate amount of these and referees still seem to call them for some quarterbacks more than others, this is probably a good thing for the Bengals — especially because Burrow himself refuses to complain in his own favor toward referees during games.
