Mike Pereira Quotes

You're beginning to cross the line there. That's directed to your opponent. - Mike Pereira

You really start to question about what the game is all about. - Mike Pereira

You have to guard that one like your life depends on it. - Mike Pereira

What we want to do is to pick up the paper Monday and read about the game, not the officiating. We all want to be anonymous. - Mike Pereira

We've got great officials in this league. Now it's up to us to train them so that penalties are the same in every game. I think we need to be clear that it's impossible for every crew to get every call right. But we need to be sure that going into the game every official's definition of a penalty is the same. Judgment may overshadow that at times, but I know our guys will try to do it. We're going to win the battle. - Mike Pereira

We want to be anonymous. We don't want to be part of the outcome. We don't want to be part of the story. But that does happen. - Mike Pereira

We had problems distinguishing whether it was the collar of the jersey or the inside of the shoulder pad. But the result was the same. - Mike Pereira

To me, the mistakes we make on replay all come when we overturn when we shouldn't overturn. - Mike Pereira

There's no going back, at least not in our game, so technology is something officials can't be scared of... It's up to them to train and work harder to meet that challenge. In that sense, I believe it's a positive and not a negative. - Mike Pereira

The rule is very specific... We have to make our decision based on the rule. Intent doesn't factor into the rule. Does the ball come out after [the quarterback's] arm is going forward and before he tucks the ball back into his body? If so, then it's an incomplete pass. - Mike Pereira

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