Denver Native (Carol)
08-22-2014, 11:48 AM
NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino says he's not surprised by the increase in penalties this preseason, and he doesn't anticipate the trend lasting into the regular season.
"We expected it. I think there's an adjustment period for our officials, for the coaches and our players," Blandino said Thursday night on NFL Network's NFL Total Access Postgame. "When the regular season rolls around, I think everybody will be on the same page and I think you'll see those foul totals go down."
There have been a lot of hard-to-watch games in the preseason, with entire quarters engulfed by yellow.
rest - http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000381714/article/dean-blandino-expects-penalties-to-decrease
"We expected it. I think there's an adjustment period for our officials, for the coaches and our players," Blandino said Thursday night on NFL Network's NFL Total Access Postgame. "When the regular season rolls around, I think everybody will be on the same page and I think you'll see those foul totals go down."
There have been a lot of hard-to-watch games in the preseason, with entire quarters engulfed by yellow.
rest - http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000381714/article/dean-blandino-expects-penalties-to-decrease