re: Moats fumble, I don't think anybody at the time thought it was a fumble. Not until the replays started showing did things start getting iffy....
I haven't rewatched the game, yet (and might not rewatch it), but it seemed to me, Moats had the ball, butt hit the ground, and a few hundredths of a second later, the ball came flying out. Replay showed he still had possession albeit precarious possession with the ball trapped on his hip. The officials ruled he landed on top of the defensive player and therefore was not down when the ball came flying out.
I believe the coaches in the booth get at least the network feed possibly more. Each stadium is responsible for providing the visiting coaches with a decent replays/monitors although I've heard rumors some home teams provide their coaches a little more...
FWIW, the Texans have been better this year in overturning a few (a couple?) replays this year and Kubes was asked why. He responded that having Bruce Mathews up in the booth was one of the reasons....
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