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Category Archives: News
Tomlin fined $100K for ‘interfering with play in progress’
The NFL announced Wednesday that Steelers coach Mike Tomlin will be fined $100,000 for stepping on the field during the Thanksgiving night game against the Ravens. Vice president of officiating Dean Blandino said on Tuesday that the Steelers should have … Continue reading
Blandino supports clock stop to fix ‘obvious confusion’ with chains
Possible ambiguity of down signal may have lead to HL error Should the clock have stopped? In last night’s game, referee Jeff Triplette believed (and I fully supported) that, even though the sideline chains were advancing, his third-down signal is … Continue reading
Former NFL referee and officiating supervisor, Jerry Seeman, dies at 77
Former HL, LJ, R worked two Super Bowls Jerry Seeman 1936-2013 Former referee and officiating supervisor, Jerry Seeman, died Sunday night, a half hour before his son, NFL line judge Jeff Seeman, (#45) worked the Broncos-Patriots Sunday Night Football game. Jeff … Continue reading
NFL suspends umpire Ellison for one game
NFL Referees Association denounces Ellison suspension The NFL has suspended umpire Roy Ellison (#81) for one game for a “profane and derogatory” statement to the Washington Redskins’ Trent Williams. According to the NFL report, Ellison is supposed to have referred to … Continue reading
Blandino on Patriots call: ‘I wouldn’t say they are wrong’ — but does not support call
After a rolling boil of coverage from coast to coast most of Tuesday, vice president of officiating Dean Blandino was not able to simmer down the controversy over the final play of the Monday night game. He appeared on NFL … Continue reading
NFL: Jaguars were entitled to pick up red flag
[This post was updated, as the original description of the play was not correct before we had a chance to review video of the play.] Jaguars coach Gus Bradley did not exactly know his challenge was outside of the scope … Continue reading
Week 10: Roundtable reviews reception replays
Football Zebras Roundtable Week 10 had a few plays that were in replay that generated some questions from our readers. We asked former officiating supervisors Jim Daopoulos and Larry Upson to break down the calls. Wrist is part of the … Continue reading
Quick calls: Week 10
You can follow our coverage on Twitter, and we will also post here some notable calls and describe some of the complicated rulings of the weekend. If you see something interesting, confusing, or controversial in this week’s games, let’s us … Continue reading
Texans missed punt block could have been challenged by Colts?
Ultimately would be 4th down again, not automatic 1st down Week 9: Colts at Texans (video at :53) “The Texans looked to have got away with one,” said NBC announcer Al Michaels, as the Texans snap the ball to eliminate … Continue reading