Officiating Dept. Video

Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week 13 officiating video today. (video below) In it he covered the use of the helmet rule and a foul that should've been called in the Raiders at Ravens game. Raiders running back Doug Martin lowered his helmet to initiate contact with

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

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

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

This week's officiating tape to the media has senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron covering a lot of the usual subjects. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was hit as he slid to the turf, which kills the play by rule. Since he slid so late, he doesn't get protection from being

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