Embed from Getty Images Football Zebras analysis For around the last 15 years, the Super Bowl officials have been chosen from the pool of those who worked in the Divisional Playoff round. This has been done as a way to get a game in following the regular season's conclusion to prevent a
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Cam Filipe is a graduate student at Boston University and has been involved in football officiating for ten years. Cam is entering his second season as a high school football official. This is his seventh season covering NFL officiating for Football Zebras.
Who will be the referee for Super Bowl LVI? We think it’s one of these 2
Football Zebras commentary We made it to the Divisional Playoffs. The guessing game for the Super Bowl crew begins, as the eventual Super Bowl LVI officials will be working this weekend. All four referees working this weekend, Clete Blakeman, Shawn Hochuli, John Hussey, and Ron Torbert, are eligible to work the big
Blakeman, Torbert, Hochuli, and Hussey are Divisional Playoff referees
Football Zebras has confirmed the referees for the Divisional Playoffs. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years of NFL experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee’s name), college, and outside occupation. All times are Eastern. Five alternates are assigned to each
Procedures for assigning mixed crews for the NFL playoffs
The process of assigning playoff officials has been largely a secret, with some of the details not even shared with officials. However, there is a general framework that has been established by the league and the officials’ union. The league will continue to use a tier system in order to assign officials
Boger, Allen, Wrolstad, Kemp, Smith, and Martin are Wild Card referees
Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card Playoffs. This is the second 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
Tony Corrente, the longest-tenured active NFL referee, is one of 8 retiring officials
Football Zebras exclusive At least seven on-field officials and one replay official are retiring at the end of this season, says a memo circulated to the officiating staff according to two sources with knowledge of the memo's contents. One of those eight officials is 27-year veteran referee Tony Corrente; his retirement
Our playoff predictions: Hussey, Torbert, and Smith rank high
Week 18 referee assignments
2021 was a year of profound loss in the officiating community
Week 17 referee assignments
Embed from Getty Images Clay Martin and his crew will officiate the NFC North clash between the Vikings and Packers this Sunday night in the penultimate week of the 2021 NFL season. Ron Torbert is off this week. Scheduled assignments are subject to change. Sunday, Jan. 2Eagles at WAS Football Team — Clete Blakeman Panthers