Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week 16 officiating video today. (video below) Use of the helmetIn it he covered, as we have been all season, the use of the helmet rule. The rule applies to any player at any time anywhere on the field, whether or not
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Football Zebras examine the weekly videos released by senior vice-president of officiating to educate the media on rules and calls from the previous week.
Officiating video: use-of-the-helmet rule, legal jumping, and ball out of bounds in the end zone
Officiating video: player ejections in replay, illegal snaps
Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the weekly officiating video today. (video below) Disqualifications In it he covered player disqualifications with an example from the Panthers-Steelers Thursday Night Football game where Panthers safety Eric Reid was disqualified for an unnecessary roughness hit to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger when he hit Roethlisberger in the
Officiating video: quarterbacks who give themselves up
Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week 10 officiating video. (video below) Legal quarterback contact First topic covered is legal quarterback contact. Redskins quarterback Alex Smith was hit legally when he broke outside the pocket and became a runner down the sideline. The defender lowered his shoulder in Smith's
Officiating video: 2-point conversions, safety kick recovery, fumble reviews, and the catch process
Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week nine officiating video today. (video below) Two-point conversion try In he covered the two-point conversion play from the Patriots/Bills Monday Night Football game where quarterback Tom Brady had his conversion pass intercepted inside the end zone. The defender fumbled inside the end
Officiating video: legal and illegal quarterback hits and the catch process
Embed from Getty Images Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week 8 officiating video today (video below). Briefly, the video explains and shows what is considered legal contact on the quarterback. In the example shown, the defender wraps up the quarterback and takes him to the ground but all
Week 7 officiating video: Potential rules changes, more missed calls, and the catch process explained
Al Riveron released the week seven officiating video today. (video below) In it he covered two potential rules changes that will be proposed to the competition again this upcoming offseason. The first deals with grabbing and tackling a player by the hair. Currently there is no rule against tackling a player
Officiating video: Ejection from the home office, late slide, and roughing the passer
Officiating video week 5: legal quarterback hits and the Raiders fumble controversy
Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week 5 officiating video today. (Video below) Legal quarterback hits In it he covered examples of legal quarterbacks hits. Officials are looking for players to exhibit certain tackling techniques if they hit the quarterback. The players cited in the video for legal quarterback
Officiating video week 3: Explaining the recent ejections and rules for a dropkick kick-off
Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week three officiating video on Friday (video below). Unnecessary Roughness In it he covered a variety of calls from week two that included the ejection of Atlanta Falcons Damontae Kazee for an illegal hit on Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. Kazee hit Newton in