Instant replay
NFL · 2026Coach challenges, automatic reviews and clear video evidence.
Coach challenges
Each team begins with 2 challenges and needs an available timeout to challenge. An unsuccessful challenge costs a timeout; success on at least one of the initial challenges earns a third, with no fourth allowed. The red flag must be thrown before the next legal snap or kick, and coaches cannot challenge situations reserved for replay officials.
Official reviews
After the two-minute warning of either half, throughout overtime, and for specified events such as scores and turnovers, review initiation belongs to replay officials. An on-field ruling changes only with clear and obvious video evidence. Not every judgment call is reviewable; replay assistance has defined powers to correct objective information and certain clearly unsupported foul calls.
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