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- New post: Former NFL official Barnes reflects on his career refs.ws/2Q • 20 hours ago
- Pro Bowl is trending. Perfect time to remind you that your referee will be Ed Hochuli on his 1st Hawaiian assignment • 1 day ago
- New, strong leadership in officiating dept & indep from football ops execs will improve things. Not wagering on either. • 1 day ago
- Jerome Boger will do fine, though. SB is (w/ few notable exceptions) usually very routine, no envelope-pushing by players • 1 day ago
- NFL did point out 1 change: individual assignments, not by crew. NFLRA requested that in CBA, NFL agreed • 1 day ago
- If the top 5 officials at the position are SB qualified and have previous SB experience, THEN they will allow repeat assigns • 1 day ago
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Tag Archives: Raiders
Boger backtracks on ‘bump’; do officials apply double standard to DQ a QB?
Cam disses ref: ’disrespect,’ luckily it wasn’t disqualification Week 16: Raiders at Panthers Panthers quarterback Cam Newton might have revealed a double standard for ejecting quarterbacks. Although there are no official statistics kept, the most recent (and only) instance I can … Continue reading
Week 12 ‘Official Review’: Turkey Day replay, 4th & 29 measure, quick whistle
video 1 (streaming) | video 2 (streaming) | video 3 (222 MB download) Busy, busy Week 12 in officiating, so let’s look at what the officiating department is discussing for “Official Review.” NFL director of officiating and head of instant … Continue reading
After further review, LJ blew inadvertent whistle, but admitted it to offended coach
We are examining the video of the inadvertent whistle from the Raiders-Bengals game, and have confirmed that the line judge was responsible for terminating the play. Because the highlight video on NFL.com does not clearly illustrate the inadvertent whistle, we have … Continue reading
Inadvertent whistle play should have been blown dead before it was blown dead
Week 12: Raiders at Bengals (video at 2:50) On a 3rd-and-6, the Bengals completed a five-yard pass which was immediately fumbled near the sideline. The Raiders managed to keep the ball from going out of bounds by batting the ball … Continue reading
Microphone is ref’s friend for no-sense rules
It elicits snickers from football fans when it happens, and it sometimes trends on Twitter. Referee Ed Hochuli turns on his microphone to explain a ruling, and some fans joke that it is NFL open mic night. An example from … Continue reading