With one round of the playoffs in the books and the second round assignments trickling out, it seems that we are, again, grasping at the true qualification criteria for playoff officials. In September, USA Today reporter Jarrett Bell interviewed the vice-president of officiating Dean Blandino, who revealed his process for evaluating
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NFL revamps playoff assignment system
Officials to be in dark about their overall grades Jarrett Bell of USA Today is reporting on what appears to be a drastic shift in the procedures for playoff officiating assignments. Vice president of officiating Dean Blandino tells Bell the officiating office will place less emphasis on the grading process: We've tried
NFL fixed grades for desired Super Bowl ref
Our playoff predicitions: Steratore ranks high, Wild Cards include Hochuli, Corrente
For a moment here, we will disregard our previous reporting on the playoff assignments (as the league thinks you should) and present our predictions for playoff assignments. We have chosen our assignments for the referee position only, not the entire crew. This year, all officials are assigned on individual merit, and
NFL denies playoff assignments set
The NFL is denying the Football Zebras.com report that the playoff assignments for the officials have already been decided. "Postseason assignments have not yet been determined," said NFL vice president of football communications Michael Signora. "The evaluation and grading process continues for Week 17 games. Once that process has concluded, assignments
Playoff officials won’t be best officials
Source: Jerome Boger to be Super Bowl referee Hochuli, Steratore apparently shut out of postseason In the first three weeks of the regular season, the NFL put an assorted group of officials on the field with questionable qualifications and tried to pass them off as professional caliber. That was a miserable failure.
NFL alters playoff assignment procedure
The procedure for the assigning officials to playoff games will be slightly different this season. In previous seasons, the league assigned the eight highest ranking crews to the first two rounds of the playoffs, rather than by individual merit. Individual crew members could be swapped out with the next highest ranked
1 blown call does not ruin playoff chances
Shortened season puts pressure on NFL officials to get playoff assignment
League reboots search for new VP of refs
It is not exactly America's Got Talent, but finding the new vice president of officiating is turning out to be one tough audition. Peter King of SI.com is reporting that the league is restarting its process to find a replacement for current officeholder Mike Pereira. Pereira announced on the NFL Network