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East-West Shrine and Senior Bowls will feature developmental officials scouted by NFL

by Cameron Filipe - February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 0

The invitational bowl schedule continues with the East-West Shrine Bowl on Thursday and the Reese's Senior Bowl on Saturday. For these games, the NFL officiating department selects officials from its development program to officiate these collegiate all-stars. The NFL's Mackie Development Program -- renamed last year for the late Wayne Mackie

Carl Cheffers is the referee for Super Bowl LVII

by Cameron Filipe - January 24, 2023January 27, 2023 13

Football Zebras has learned that Carl Cheffers will be the referee for Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Ariz. at State Farm Stadium. He will become only the seventh NFL official to officiate at least 3 Super Bowls at the referee position. Cheffers, who officiated Super Bowl LV two seasons ago, is

Hussey and Torbert are Conference Championship referees

by Cameron Filipe - January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 6

Football Zebras exclusive Football Zebras has confirmed the assignment of referees John Hussey and Ron Torbert to the Conference Championship games on Sunday. John Hussey will be in Philadelphia for the NFC showdown between the 49ers and Eagles; Ron Torbert will be in Kansas City for the rematch of last season's

Carl Cheffers is the frontrunner for Super Bowl LVII nod

by Cameron Filipe - January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 2

Embed from Getty Images When the Divisional Playoff round assignments are finalized, the guessing game begins for officiating fans. For over a decade, the Super Bowl officials have been chosen from the field who worked in the Divisional Playoff round, which prevents those officials from being sidelined between Week 18 and

Hochuli, Blakeman, Cheffers, and Vinovich are Divisional Playoff referees

by Cameron Filipe - January 16, 2023January 19, 2023 27

Football Zebras learned the referees assigned for the Divisional Playoffs and we are working to confirm the full crews. Five alternates are assigned to each game: a referee, an umpire, a line of scrimmage official (down judge or line judge), a deep wing official (field judge or side judge), and a

Officials told to watch for illegal foreign objects used for FG and XP attempts

by Cameron Filipe - January 12, 2023January 25, 2023 1

Embed from Getty Images Football Zebras exclusive Game officials will have a heightened sense of awareness regarding field goal holders attempting to use a small object upon which to place the ball when holding for a field goal, after such a practice was observed in a Week 14 game. In the NFC East

NFL assigns officiating crews for the Wild Card Playoffs

by Cameron Filipe - January 9, 2023January 11, 2023 10

Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card Playoffs. This is the third year of the expanded playoff system that now features six Wild Card Playoff games. In 2020, the NFL moved to five alternates for the early postseason rounds, which will continue this season. The alternate officials

6 NFL officials with 146 years of combined experience are retiring this season

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by Cameron Filipe - January 6, 2023January 7, 2023 1

Embed from Getty Images At the conclusion of the 2022 NFL season, 6 respected veteran officials will be hanging up their whistle. Among these officials includes line judge Jeff Bergman, who is only the 8th official in league history to officiate for 30 or more seasons. Bergman, 68, is the son of

Week 18 referee assignments

by Cameron Filipe - January 4, 2023January 6, 2023 3

Embed from Getty Images Brad Rogers will be the referee for Game 272 — the Sunday night game between the Lions and Packers, which will determine if either of the NFC North teams will grab the last open wild card seed in the NFC, or if that spot will belong to

Week 17 referee assignments

by Cameron Filipe - December 27, 2022December 27, 2022 1

Embed from Getty Images In the penultimate week of the 2022 regular season, Shawn Hochuli and his crew will officiate the final Thursday Night Football game of the season, as the Cowboys take on the Titans. John Hussey is off this week. Scheduled assignments are subject to change. Thursday, Dec. 29Cowboys at Titans