Do we scout the refs?

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Watching the jets-patriots game and the announcers talked about how the patriots scout the refs to know how each official calls penalties. Do we? We need to do a better job teaching the players what they can and can not do and that might help. Whatever we can do to give our players an edge needs to be done.
 
Watching the jets-patriots game and the announcers talked about how the patriots scout the refs to know how each official calls penalties. Do we? We need to do a better job teaching the players what they can and can not do and that might help. Whatever we can do to give our players an edge needs to be done.
That would give us a competitive advantage so I'm sure the answer is no we don't
 
Meals, wheels, and lime peels!!!

We need to just hire PI’s and spy on the cheaters, then copy cat everything...
 
Everyone in the league does this, no way it's just a patriot thing. I know even college teams will scout referees.

Baseball teams will give players full bios of the umpires so you can chat up hobbies, family life, ect to be friendly with them.
 
Watching the jets-patriots game and the announcers talked about how the patriots scout the refs to know how each official calls penalties. Do we? We need to do a better job teaching the players what they can and can not do and that might help. Whatever we can do to give our players an edge needs to be done.

“We make them adjust to us.” — Sir Claps-a-Lot
 
Baseball teams will give players full bios of the umpires so you can chat up hobbies, family life, ect to be friendly with them.

"Joe West, does your seeing eye dog Daisy still eat Purina dog treats?"
 
Watching the jets-patriots game and the announcers talked about how the patriots scout the refs to know how each official calls penalties. Do we? We need to do a better job teaching the players what they can and can not do and that might help. Whatever we can do to give our players an edge needs to be done.

Seems like a neat idea, but then I had a better idea to just scout other head coaches.
 
It’s pretty common practice in basketball, but I hear less about it in football.
 
Watching the jets-patriots game and the announcers talked about how the patriots scout the refs to know how each official calls penalties. Do we? We need to do a better job teaching the players what they can and can not do and that might help. Whatever we can do to give our players an edge needs to be done.

Not sure,,,, but I do know that the refs scout us. There's no sense in running that natural pick play with Witten to the end zone any more, the refs have their flags out of their pockets before either receiver even makes his cut.
 
It would not matter if we scouted the refs.

We get special treatment by the refs!
 
Watching the jets-patriots game and the announcers talked about how the patriots scout the refs to know how each official calls penalties. Do we? We need to do a better job teaching the players what they can and can not do and that might help. Whatever we can do to give our players an edge needs to be done.

There was a media report that claims the Cowboys didn't review the Rams playoff game with the players...

The Cowboys probably have a high school intern that gets out of classes at noon as their advanced scout...
 
Successful coaches (at every level) go into a game knowing as much as possible about everyone involved in the game...regardless of what that person will be wearing. I saw this on the high school level with basketball. I HATED making a 3-second call...if you wanted to take yourself out of your teams offense I was going to let you...until someone gained an obvious advantage. I called it one night during the girls half of a varsity double header. The coach (the winningest high school coach ever) yelled at her post player "If he is making that call, you were in the paint for a long time. Move your rear."

Officials are human, they have things they seem to always call. They all have different definitions of advantage/disadvantage...even though it may be slight. Leagues have points of emphasis. If coaches are going to put his players "in the best position to be successful" they will know all of that. Doesn't mean the head coach has to know it...but the DB coach should know it for those officials, the O-line coach for his players, etc.
 
Doubt it.

This coaching staff doesn’t even scout the opposing team let alone the refs.
 

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