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Originally Posted by Opie
His whistle has helped me get past the IW I had on a fumble that has haunted me from two years ago. It can happen even to the best.
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While I agree that this a great lesson for us all, my advice would be that two years is too long to be haunted by a mistake. Remember it, sure (I don't know that I've me the official who doesn't recall his or her IWs - I have two), but there's a statute of limitations on beating yourself up. At some point, you have to say, "You know what? I'm human. That was a bad one, but I'm not going to let that happen again if I can help it at all."
Now, granted, none of us has made a call in front of 75,000 people and a big TV audience that can be looked at as a deciding factor in a game at the highest level and on which coaches' livelihoods may ride. But the concept is the same. You do your best, you own up to it when you kick one. And if you kick too many of them, maybe this isn't for you.
But one moment doesn't define a career (or shouldn't).
I await Mike Pereira's appearance on NFL Network this week. When is that, usually, Wednesday?