Mike Pereira was among the high-profile Chicken Littles trying to warn the NFL of the pitfalls of over-officiating games via more rule changes, points of emphasis and expanded replay review.
"It's an imperfect game," the former NFL vice president of officiating and current Fox Sports rules analyst told the Star Tribune the week before the 2019 season began. "Football is a game of imperfections.
"Whether you're a quarterback and you have interceptions and incompletions or a runner who is fumbling or a defender who is missing a tackle. You're never going to have a perfectly officiated game no matter what you try to do with replay.