NFL Game Operations helps the home team's staff to conduct this symphony. All of the technology - the communications systems for coaches, players and game officials Microsoft Surface tablets coaches’ booth monitors and instant replay and injury video review systems - must all be functional.Īll of the people, cameras and equipment on the field will be in their assigned place, and all of the pregame activity will proceed like clockwork. The locker rooms have to be fully stocked with the same comforts footballs must be properly prepared the playing field has to be certified that it is in compliance with the strict requirements. What they often don’t see are the hundreds of people behind the scenes who appear to effortlessly manage the many moving parts and the massive mix of personnel, technology and equipment. They see the results of this hard work in the action on the field. On-field media coordinators (provided by each club)Īnd that’s what fans get - week after week, season after season.Cutoff switch operator (for coach-to-player communications).Coach-to-Coach communication technicians.
Certified athletic trainer (ATC) injury spotters. Airway management physician (certified in rapid sequence intubation). Remember, for instance, when the revitalized Cleveland Browns were the biggest story going into the season? With the shotgun marriage of Antonio Brown and the New England Patriots, that charming tale was just upended. And Brady just added arguably the game’s most explosive receiver to this offense.Īs the NFL kicks off its 100th season on Sunday, so many teams have hope. Last season, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, their sixth. Most notably, in 2007 wide receiver Randy Moss had a monster season for a New England team that finished 16-0 (but lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl). Belichick, however, has a history of getting talented but mercurial players to buy into the Patriot Way. Belichick can just cut Brown if Brown drives him mad. Maybe the Pats were the only team willing to risk adding Brown.īut New England didn’t take on much risk. Maybe Brown’s plan, all along, was to engineer his firing from the Raiders and ink a deal with New England. Sign a one-year deal with the New England Patriots, for $15 million and a $9 million singing bonus.Īpologies if we missed another dozen or two twists.Īll week long, as Brown’s days with the Raiders seemed numbered, pundits joked that Bill Belichick was waiting behind the bushes, ready to sign Brown. Scream “free!” and joyously sprint into his backyard after finding out the Raiders let him go. Demand his release hours later, on Saturday morning, after finding out that the Raiders would seek to void his $30 million in guaranteed money because of his disruptive behavior. Gruden said Brown would play in Oakland’s season opener Monday against the Denver Broncos. Tape a conversation with Raiders coach John Gruden, and use the conversation to voice over a slickly-produced YouTube hype video. Apologize to his teammates on Friday after facing a possible suspension. Brown reportedly called Mayock a “cracker,” though Brown denied using that language. Confront Mayock in an altercation that reportedly almost turned physical. “When your own team want to hate but there’s no stopping me now devil is a lie,” Brown wrote on the post. Post a letter on Instagram this week from Oakland General Manager Mike Mayock detailing the fines he’d amassed for the missed time. Skip a walkthrough prior to a preseason game in Winnipeg. 
Miss more practice time at camp while filing grievances (which he ultimately lost) regarding his ability to wear an old helmet that had been outlawed by the NFL for safety purposes.Miss practice time in camp because he went into a cryotherapy chamber without the correct footwear, resulting in a nasty foot injury.Report to training camp in a hot air balloon.
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