The NFL reached a huge decision in 2017 when it was determined that the head of officiating directly would be responsible for making all of the calls on plays that go to replay review. One of the reasons that they reached this decision was because they were comfortable with the man who would be making those calls.
No, that wasn’t Al Riveron, who has been the man in charge for the past three seasons. Instead, if was Dean Blandino, who surprised the NFL when he chose to vacate his job as the head of officiating ahead of the start of that season.