DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - Earlier this year, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes called on high tech to help improve officiating.
On the WHOOP podcast, via the Kansas City Star, the former NFL MVP suggested that the league needs to figure out a way to have the microchips, which are already placed inside game balls for data tracking, alert officials when the ball crosses the goal line, or to help determine where a ball should be spotted.
Just as it happens several times each season, the Cowboys appeared to be on the wrong end of a controversial decision that ultimately cost them six points at the end of the first half of their 35-29 win over the Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough.
Replays appeared to show Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott sneaking his way into the end zone on third and goal, but officials ruled that the ball didn't break the plane of the goal line.
The Cowboys went for it on fourth and goal and called another quarterback sneak, which resulted in a touchdown. However, upon further review, officials determined that Patriots linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley knocked the ball out of Prescott's hand before he could reach it over the goal line, resulting in a turnover.
NFL Officiating later sent out multiple tweets to explain why neither play resulted in a Cowboys touchdown.
A day after the controversial play occurred, Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones indicated that we may not be that far away from seeing Mahomes' wish become a reality.
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"Obviously, there is some technology out that that is coming along. There's chips that are in the balls and you have to see how accurate they're going to be. If you're going to go to something like that. But it's gotta big accurate," Jones said on the K&C Masterpiece on 105.3 The Fan. "It's in progress, but obviously, not to a point to where we're using it yet. It's going to have to be top-of-the-line technology for us to get to the point where it will. But I think it will sooner than later, where you could figure out exactly where the ball should be. If it's a line to gain or whether it's a touchdown. Those types of things, I think that technology is coming."
Stay tuned.
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