The addition of former NFL official John Parry to Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott’s staff will help him handle his red flag judgments, a source knowledgeable on the hiring confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday.
The team hasn’t made the transfer official, so the source talked to The AP under the condition of anonymity. The New York Post broke the story of Buffalo appointing Parry as an officiating liaison.
The Bills are reportedly among the NFL’s first clubs to add a former official to their staff, despite the fact that the majority of networks have employed them to offer commentary on infractions.
Parry worked as an NFL official for 19 years, the last 12 of which he spent as a referee. After serving his third
According to Pro Football Reference, McDermott was successful on three of the six challenges he made the previous season, but he has only had 10 of 33 plays, including playoffs, overturned altogether. In contrast, Andy Reid, the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, completed 72 out of 143 challenges last season, hitting on four of them.
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