Despite a number of extremely questionable and controversial roughing the passer penalties during Week 5 of the NFL season, don't expect any major adjustments to the rule.
As a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter: "There is no backing down on enforcing rules that are in place to protect the health and safety of players, including quarterbacks, who by rule are considered defenseless players when they are in a passing posture."
While the NFL may not make any changes during the season, ESPN's Ed Werder reported on Tuesday that a member of the league's competition committee said it would discuss the rule following the 2022 campaign.
A second committee member said that allowing roughing the passer calls to be reviewable might be a step in the right direction, though it's unclear if the NFL would be happy with such a solution.
"Well, the hard part is that because we have no real standard for what roughing the passer looks like, we will always get a wide range of what a referee decides is and isn't a foul," the person told Werner. "The only way to correct that is to have a 'review process' for personal fouls. We may even have to do that for OPI (offensive pass interference) and DPI. These are huge fouls that impact and can change the game when the foul is or isn't called. I don't know if the powers that be would want that 'review process' for personal fouls or not, though."