The NFL viewing experience is better than ever, with tons of different camera angles and, in some cases, 4K cameras bringing fans closer to the game. So close that sometimes they see things teams probably don’t want them to see.
Like play sheets.
Before heading into their bye, the Cowboys snuck past the Chargers on Monday Night Football. Late in the third quarter, ESPN cameras panned to Dallas’ head coach, who was covering his mouth with his play sheet. As cameras zoomed in, details of the plays were visible.
The image made the rounds, and McCarthy joked Friday on Shan & RJ that he’s in an impossible position.
“No, not really,” McCarthy responded when asked if the image divulged any huge secrets. “That’s the language – I think two things. The irony of it is I always speak to my parents before the game, and my mother was pretty adamant that I need to cover up my mouth. She was at church that day and five different people commented that Mike isn’t covering his mouth when he’s calling plays. So I kind of blame this on her a little bit, I was trying to be really conscientious of keeping my call sheet up over my mouth.
“And now I’ve got an issue with my font being too big because my eyes aren’t as good as they were 15-20 years ago. I really don’t know what the hell to do about it.”
Good thing for McCarthy that secrets didn’t get out, otherwise he would have needed to spend his bye week overhauling his play sheet.