Referees will have the opportunity to make better decisions with replay reviews thanks to a new strategy the NFL will implement before the regular season—a change that could alter the league forever.

© Getty ImagesReferee Land Clark during the second quarter between the Falcons vs Panthers on January 05, 2025 in Atlanta.

The NFL wants everything to be perfect—or as close as possible—for the upcoming 2025 season.

This effort won’t be limited to on-field football, as officials will play a crucial role in making decisions on the most difficult plays that require a replay review.

The league is set to significantly improve its replay review system by implementing the use of many more cameras in all stadiums.

This is intended to ensure that the analysis of difficult plays is much easier to see.

“All NFL stadiums will be installing a dozen 4K cameras along the sidelines, goal lines, and back lines of end zones — giving officials additional angles for instant replay rulings,” reported Ari Meirov on X.

More Angles Are Better for the NFL

With this new addition, all NFL stadiums will have a total of 12 fixed 4K cameras for the 2025 season and all seasons going forward.

It’s worth noting that prime-time games and even the Super Bowl often have more cameras available, and that appears to be the goal of this new “rule”—to ensure that there are plenty of cameras for all games.

About 10 months ago, the NFL’s replay center admitted that they didn’t have access to certain cameras during a Seahawks-49ers game that involved a “muffing” play. While it didn’t generate much controversy at the time, if that same play happened today with the new rule, the review would likely have a different outcome with more cameras available.

TV Trucks Have Better Reviews

According to comments on social media, it often seems that some networks’ TV broadcasts have a completely different review than the NFL’s, which is usually better and even has angles that the league doesn’t possess.