In this week's officiating video, senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron discussed five plays from the final week of the preseason to help illustrate two major rules changes for this season: illegal blindside blocks and pass interference being a reviewable aspect of a play. Illegal blindside blocks A frequent topic of
2019 Preseason
Referee assignments, preseason week 4
Officiating video: Every pass interference review so far in preseason
In this installment of senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron's weekly officiating tapes, the head of officials looks solely at pass interference calls with respect to the new replay rules that make pass interference reviewable. This week's video is broken down in four major parts: the review of offensive
Referee assignments, preseason week 3
http://gty.im/1052188208 The preseason is entering its third week and there will be no special experiments with the crews this week. This will be the first week so far in the preseason where every crew on the field this weekend will be working with their regular season-assigned crew. All times below are Eastern.
Officiating video: crackback blocks, process of the catch, and more use of helmet fouls
Embed from Getty Images In his second weekly video of the preseason, senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron highlighted more plays from last week's slate of games regarding use of the helmet, blindside and crackback blocks, and the process of the catch. Use of the helmet (UOH) In more discussion regarding the
NFL taking another look at adding an 8th official in preseason test
After taking a preseason off from experimenting with new officiating positions, the NFL will once again look at ways to add an eighth official on the field. Since 2010, there have been various experiments in preseason games with different mechanics for an extra official. At the beginning of the decade, the
Referee assignments, preseason week 2
http://gty.im/1090192712 In the second week of the preseason, the officiating department has assigned officials in the Officiating Development Program (ODP) to work on NFL crews. Also, after a one-year hiatus, there will be more experimentation with an eighth official. Back judge Perry Paganelli will work as a second back judge, referred
Officiating video: use of helmet, blindside blocks, roughing the passer, and reviewing pass interference
Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'eeMlgY2qQX5eg1zNCeUrvQ',sig:'1SzjZtU6BubgajYKAkc_iPFOuaPUXCe-YBuM8iHdsxo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1165621909',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); In his first weekly video of the season, senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron discussed plays from last week’s Pro Football Hall of Fame Game that covered the most notable rules changes and points of emphasis from the offseason. Use of the helmet