DALLAS — As VP of Officiating at the NFL for nine years, Mike Pereira was not exactly in position to be predicting the outcome of the games. Influencing the outcome, perhaps (just kidding, folks), but not predicting.

The FOX doubleheader game was the most-watched show on TV last week with 25.8 million viewers and marked the seventh NFL telecast to top 25 million viewers this season – up from three such broadcasts in the entire 2008 season and the most since nine in 1996.