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NFL officials have weighed whether to start using an electric system to measure first downs starting with the 2025 season, according to the Washington Post's Mark Maske.
"The system, which the NFL has tested in game conditions in recent seasons, would involve the football being spotted manually by the on-field officials before the electronic system would determine whether that spot resulted in a first down," Maske reported. "That system requires such a manual placement of the ball following a play and does not incorporate, for instance, the use of a chip in the football to determine whether a runner reached the first-down spot.