Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: NFL’s Inexperienced Refs in for Rough Season

August 24, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

The best rules analyst on television will be with Fox for a long time. Also, CTE and Hillary Clinton. No, that's not a phrase you read every day. 
1. Officiating guru Mike Pereira on new season In the NFL, there really is only one person—just one—who can explain the complex, frustrating, impossible-to-decipher NFL rules book. His name is Mike Pereira. 
Few can thread an impossible needle the way Pereira does. He has the respect of players and coaches. Game officials like and listen to him. He translates NFL rules, which read like Klingon, into something that can be easily digested. Most of all, when he makes a prediction on a call, it's usually correct.
That last part is more difficult than you think. Look no further than what happened to one of the brightest people on the planet, Mike Carey, who got numerous calls wrong. No, it's far from easy.
This is why I've long believed that Pereira is arguably one of football's most valuable assets....

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