During an owners meeting Wednesday morning, NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent told reporters that one of the things discussed was a review process for hitting the quarterback and defenseless players.
Vincent added that roughing the passer calls are down by 62% from last year. As it stands going into Week 15, there have been just 76 roughing the passer calls compared to the 121 there were called at this time last season, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
When discussing player safety and making such hits reviewable, the idea that such a flag would warrant an automatic ejection was also discussed, per Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer.