NEW ORLEANS, Feb 9 — Preparing for the Super Bowl is a whirlwind for the players, studying game tape and strategic tendencies while managing the chaos of America’s biggest...
In Melaka’s RM88m plan to boost growth in 2025: New market, police station, road upgrades including Banting-Gelang Patah highwayA view outside the Superdome, home of the NFL's Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 7, 2025.
“I want to look at down, distance and formation, and see what they do,” Jeff Rice, a retired official who worked four Super Bowls, including one as an alternate, told Reuters. “Do they favor the strong side? Do they do counter plays? What are their blocking techniques?”NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Scott Green, the executive director of the referees’ union, rejected the notion that the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs receive preferential treatment.
“There are idiosyncrasies that become second nature when you work with the same crew every week,” said retired official Mike Carey, who served as referee in Super Bowl XLII in 2008, when the New York Giants upset the undefeated New England Patriots. Officials want to be ready for an exotic formation, or a trick play, that might be difficult to call. To that end, the referee will typically meet before the game with the head coaches, who may even diagram an unusual play to make sure they don’t trigger a penalty flag in the moment.
Unlike in regular season matchups, the referee has to attend a dress rehearsal for the Super Bowl coin toss, a televised moment that usually includes luminaries on the field. Like the players, officials’ goal every year is to make it to the Super Bowl. The crew receives Super Bowl rings to commemorate their inclusion.
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