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Just an observation from working with lots of different officials over lots of years, some wing officials seem to have a very hard time squaring themselves away on the line of scrimmage. What I mean by that, is that some wings I have worked with are off by a lot when they try to get on the line of scrimmage. They can be off up to a yard either way, which makes the opposite wings job more challenging.
The only thing the a wing can do is to make sure that he is on the line and squares away the players on his side of the ball. He has to let the other wing take care of his side, since he may be lining people up incorrectly. Some players use the ball and the wing official as gospel when lining up, others seem to just naturally find the line of scrimmage by using the field markings.
Most wings eventually find the line after a time, but some don't. I think most of us have worked with people on the down box who always are off by quite a bit and not necessarily in their team's favor either. It's a lot easier on the linesman if the guy on the box is good.
I try to help the wing out with visual clues, but have noticed that some (not very many) officials just can't seem to do it consistently.
Just something to consider.
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