Sarah Thomas will get some attention this season as the NFL’s only female official. But she hopes and expects to fit in quickly.
“I approach it just as an official . . . maybe they’ll see me just as an official. That’s how I want them to see me,” Thomas said, via Todd Archer of ESPN.
Thomas said she doesn’t think players and coaches particularly care about her status as a trailblazer.
“They just want the job to be done and be done consistently, done right,” Thomas said.
That’s likely how fans will see her too.