Tomlin: Officials will be at Steelers practices this week

[polamalubeast]

Maybe Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers) coach Mike Tomlin was kidding in his post-game press conference when he said there would be NFL officials at practice this week.

After the Steelers' penalty-filled slop-fest (eight of them for 95 yards), the Steelers have every reason to believe he was serious. And maybe it's a good idea.

"Poor execution," Tomlin said after Monday's game. "I just told the guys we are not going to provide lip service. We are going to practice how we intend to play. Maybe an official or two will be at our practices next week to help us in that regard."............

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[ALLD]

And that would have nothing to do with focus and preparation would it?

[HollywoodSteel]

Can they bring in the official who called that "interfering with a fair catch penalty" and put him between a ball-catching receiver and Ryan Clark during a hitting practice? We're trying to teach lessons here, aren't we? :chuckle:

[steeldawg]

Unless the officials can line up and stop a pass rush I don't see this helping a lot. The reason our O-line has so many penalties is because they keep getting beat.