NEW YORK -- 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, the