The big man speaks and calms us all down
“We recognized as a committee that the third preseason game was going to be a good test, because in virtually all cases your top-line players were playing and playing a long time,” Polian said. “In our case, we told the league office and the officiating department that we would do all we could to push the tempo and try to create situations where we could find out what kind of picture we were going to see. That’s what occurred. We’ll go back and talk about the postmortem.
“I’m sure there are some tweaks that they will make and we’ll move forward.”
Polian said the tweaks necessary aren’t major, and don’t involve moving the official from behind the quarterback. Mainly, he said, the tweaks are about spotting the umpire, spotting the ball and getting into position.
“There are mechanical issues that we have identified,” Polian said. “I think most teams see that. It’s not us alone.There are certain times of the game, and certain down and distances, where it’s going to become more of an issue. They have to be aware of that.”
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