Carl Cheffers leads his crew in a Thursday night ESPN game. Three officials will audition for a potential future promotion to the referee position. (Originally, we had this listed for last week, but we are receiving further information that it will occur this week.) All times Eastern. Live games on
Preseason
3 officials audition for referee position
Football Zebras exclusive Updated Aug. 13, 2014 The NFL will audition three officials at the referee position this week in the second preseason week. Three current NFL officials will don the white hat for at least one preseason game where the NFL will scout them as potential future referees. Last year, the
Referee assignments, Preseason Week 4
The list of the NFL replacement officials for the final preseason week is available after the jump. NOTE: The officials that are listed were scheduled to work the games indicated. After reviewing the officials shown in the NFL gamebooks, we are finding that some of the assignments have been substituted. 3896
Preseason referee assignments, Week 3
Rodgers-Cromartie fined $21K for launching
The NFL assessed its first fine of the season for an on-field infraction against Eagles safety Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Last Thursday, Rodgers-Cromartie hit Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich by lowering his helmet and leaping towards him. In the NFL rulebook, this is called launching, a 15-yard penalty that invariably leads to a
Referee assignments, Preseason Week 2
Giants crew confused with penalty at :02
Was Rodgers-Cromartie hard hit a flag test?
Preseason Week 1 Thursday commentary
Referee temps have ’01 scab experience
Crossing the proverbial picket line is familiar to some of this year's replacement officials. That's because the NFL has found somebody that they used to know. Eleven years ago, when the NFL Referees Association went on strike, the league hired replacement officials, who served in the preseason and Week 1 of