Tag Archives: Jerry Markbreit

No rule to help home team on fan’s whistle

Calls Rules School Week 2
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September 16, 2013 12:36 am Link

49ers at Seahawks (video/audio) Early in the game, the Seahawks fell victim to a fan who blew a whistle in the crowd — their own home crowd. Some of the Seahawks linemen looked genuinely confused, as they believed it was … Continue reading →

35 years ago: Holy Roller play revises rules

History
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September 10, 2013 2:10 pm Link

September 10, 1978: Raiders at Chargers Ken Stabler deliberately (his own admission) fumbled the ball forward, and carnival-like antics by the Raiders propelled the ball towards a game-winning touchdown at the end of the game. The next offseason, such an … Continue reading →

5-time Super Bowl line judge Beeks dies

History
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January 8, 2013 12:00 pm Link

Bob Beeks 1927–2012 Bob Beeks died on December 26, 2012, as reported by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  He died on his 85th birthday.  According to his family, he suffered an apparent heart attack.  Beeks was a NFL line judge from … Continue reading →

Whistle while you work, NFL referee style

History Outside the Stripes
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November 29, 2012 6:30 pm Link

This season has seen three inadvertent whistles (IW) being blown by the officials, with the latest being this past week in the game between the Raiders and Bengals. NFL officials, and officials at all levels, have various tricks of the … Continue reading →

An open referee microphone is an ever present danger

Controversy History
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November 7, 2012 4:43 pm Link

In 1975 the NFL decided to put a wireless microphone on the referee, so the fans at the game and on TV could better understand what was going on down on the field.  What started as an experiment with bare-bones … Continue reading →

Shortened season puts pressure on NFL officials to get playoff assignment

Assignments Playoffs
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October 19, 2012 11:00 am Link

We are already at Week 7 of the NFL season and many teams now know if they are contenders or pretenders for the Super Bowl crown.  The pressure is also on the officials to contend for a prestigious playoff assignment … Continue reading →

Who are the next white hats?

Outside the Stripes
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October 3, 2012 9:00 am Link

The NFL officiating staff is heavy on experience which is great news.  The flip side to this is that we will be seeing a higher than average number of officials retiring in the next one to three years. While there … Continue reading →

Suh a turkey after stuffing foot at OL; McAuley DQs 2 on Thanksgiving

Disciplinary Action Week 12
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November 27, 2011 1:47 pm Link

By now, you have heard that Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was ejected Thursday for stepping on Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith (video). Of course, Suh says he shouldn’t have been tossed, because his foot was tangled with Dietrich-Smith (although … Continue reading →