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I recall in Chad Brown's book, Inside the Meet Grinder, that he writes about an incident in which he called a chop block on a critical play near (or maybe at) the end of the season. He was a rookie official at the time, and from my understanding, he had a difficult first year as an NFL official and called a several fouls that weren't there. After he reported what he had, the R came to him and asked if he was 100% sure he had seen a chop block. I recall the R said something like, "Chad, you had better be right about this".
Initially it didn't show up on film, but they found an angle somewhere that showed he was correct. Chad believed this was a make it or break it call for him in the NFL.
I think any good NFL Referee will want to make sure that 1) the foul is there, and 2) that it had an impact on the play.
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Mike Sears
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