Author: Mark Schultz and Ben Austro

The NFL still has one more referee position to fill after the departure of Super Bowl LIII referee John Parry to ESPN. Referees Walt Coleman and Pete Morelli retired at the end of the 2018 season, and are being replaced with Adrian Hill and Scott Novak. Typically, a successor is named

There was a pretty significant foreshock in the league when the NFC Championship Game ended with Greg Zuerlein's overtime kick splitting the uprights 57 yards away, ending the Saints season right there. It was the start of a seismic shift in influence. He was rightfully angry when the Saints coach addressed

NFL owners are meeting in Phoenix to discuss many items for the 2019 season, including 16 rules proposals, 6 bylaws changes, and 3 policy proposals. Football Zebras will be updating this post as information is reported on the status of individual agenda items. A brief summary of each is listed

The NFL released its first set of rules proposals last week which were submitted by the teams. The Competition Committee will release additional proposals prior to the annual owners meeting on March 24. We floated two possible rules changes during the season. One was to have all 2-point conversions automatically reviewed

As several teams propose ways to alter the replay system through rule changes, the NFL is already making a major change in the replay booth framework, and it has terminated about three dozen people from their replay operations. Five long-tenured replay assistants were dismissed by the league according to three

Walt Coleman worked his first NFL game as a line judge on September 10, 1989, between the Bears and Bengals. Mike Ditka and Sam Wyche were the coaches on the sideline. The future head of officiating Jerry Seeman was the referee. The head of officiating that season was Art McNally,

1 week, 2 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes, 50 seconds For reference, when offsetting penalties should have been called on a final play in a 2002 wild card game against the 49ers, the Giants were denied an untimed down. Director of officiating Mike Pereira (as the title was at the time)