Kent Payne – Football Zebras

2021 Divisional Playoffs2 years ago

5 officiating notes from the divisional playoffs

5 officiating things I noticed from the best weekend of playoff football I can remember.

2021 Divisional Playoffs2 years ago

Some officiating factoids ahead of the 2021 Divisional Playoffs

First-time and long-time officials in the divisional round

Calls7 years ago

Making the impossible call

Embed from Getty Images Â Nothing compares to the speed of a NFL game. While I’ve never been on the field for one, I worked on...

Follow-up7 years ago

6 officiating observations from Super Bowl LI

In no particular order, here are the six officiating observations from Super Bowl LI.

201211 years ago

Mike Pereira grades three Week 13 calls

Former officials’ boss says the intentional grounding safety on 49ers a bad call Former NFL vice president for officiating and current FOX Sports football officiating analyst...

Assignments13 years ago

Anderson leads Super officiating crew

Super Bowl XLV: Steelers vs. Packers Here are the officiating assignments for Super Bowl XLV in Dallas, listed with the head referee they worked underÂ in...

Calls15 years ago

Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call

This week’s “Official Review” by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video,...

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5 officiating notes from the divisional playoffs

Some officiating factoids ahead of the 2021 Divisional Playoffs

Making the impossible call

6 officiating observations from Super Bowl LI

Mike Pereira grades three Week 13 calls

Anderson leads Super officiating crew

Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call

NFL hires 5 officials and announces Walt Anderson’s new role in officiating

Walt Anderson stepping down as senior VP of officiating

UFL Week 3 officiating assignments

Rogers Redding, former SEC referee and national coordinator of officials, dies at 81

UFL Week 2 officiating assignments

UFL Week 1 officiating assignments

United Football League has rules that depart from traditional football

Scorecard of the 2024 NFL owners meetings [live updates]

Competition Committee wants an XFL-style kickoff and to abolish the hip-drop tackle

New rules proposed by teams are direct from the recycle bin

How could a false start be so wrong? What if it wasn’t wrong?

Smith and Blakeman are Conference Championship referees

AFC Divisional Playoff: Chiefs at Bills

5 observations from the 2023 Wild Card playoffs

Bill Vinovich is the referee for Super Bowl LVIII

NFC Wild Card Playoff: Eagles at Buccaneers

UFL Week 1 officiating assignments

Hussey, Kemp, Vinovich, and Hochuli are the Divisional Playoff referees

NFC Championship: Lions at 49ers

4 officiating observations from the 2023 divisional playoffs

Rules review video: Touching the pylon, ball carrier down, and targeting with the lights out

Rules review video: Unconventional handoffs, unnecessary roughness, and roughing the passer

Rules review video: Scrimmage kick advancement, targeting, and blocking below the waist

Rules School: Officiating mechanics at the end of the half

Rules review video: Kick catch interference, invalid fair catch signal, and penalty enforcements

Rules review video: Roughing the kicker, forced touching, and kick catch interference

Rules review video: Targeting, replay tools, and an experiment with the kickoff line

Rules review video: Illegal forward pass, illegal touching, and simulated kneeldowns

Rules review video: Defensive pass interference, coaches on the field, and defense re-establishing in bounds

Rules review video: Safeties, replay calling penalties, and kicks over the uprights