In recent years, the NFL has begun to embrace the concept of replay assistance, a modified and truncated application of the “sky judge” concept. And while it’s admirable for the league to use any and all available angles to quickly and efficiently rectify clear errors, there’s one very important consideration.

The error must be clear.

More importantly, there must be an error.

During the third quarter of Sunday night’s Buccaneers-Rams game, Tampa Bay receiver Tez Johnson made a catch. The ruling on the field was that the pass had been completed.

Rams coach Sean McVay threw the red challenge flag. Referee Clay Martin declared that, before McVay’s challenge had been made, replay assistance had changed the ruling to an incompletion.

Watch the play . Is it clear and obvious that the ball

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