"NFL coaches' challenges have succeeded 20% more often than they did last season, due to an under-the-radar change made this offseason that allows coaches and club staffers in the coaching booth to view the same camera feed as the replay official at the game. "In the replay booth, the replay official has a smaller screen with that working box in the middle of their screen," NFL VP of replay training and development Mark Butterworth said Tuesday. "Whatever's in the replay official's working box, it goes to both teams and their coaches""
"Before this season, the only feed a coaching staff could see in its booth was the broadcast footage, and depending on what window the game was played in, that view was often late and limited. Prime-time games have more broadcast cameras and, therefore, more angles to view, whereas games played in the 1 p.m. window have fewer broadcast cameras and made it particularly difficult for coaches in the booth to get a good angle on a specific play."
""What you were watching last night in your hotel rooms, that's all you could see," said Butterworth, from the Art McNally Gameday Central, the room at the league office in New York where every replay review happens."
Coaches and club staffers in NFL coaching booths now receive the same camera feed that the replay official sees, delivered from the replay official's working box. That unified feed has led to roughly a 20% increase in successful coach challenges this season. Prior to the change, booth staffs could only access broadcast footage, which varied by game window and often lacked timely or useful angles. Prime-time games offered more cameras and angles than 1 p.m. windows, creating uneven viewing capabilities. Replay reviews originate at Art McNally Gameday Central in the league office in New York.
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