Officiating crews for the 2022 season

Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2022 NFL season. This season, there are 10 new officials to replace 10 that retired. There are also 2 veterans designated as swing officials, who will move between crews through the season. There will be a swing umpire and a

Officiating crews for the 2021 season

Embed from Getty Images Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2021 NFL season. This season, there is one new official to replace 6 that retired; those hired in the second wave of hires during the 2020 offseason are being retained as permanent officials. There are also 2

Officiating crews for the 2020 season

Embed from Getty Images Note from the editor: No doubt this is a season unlike any other. The concept of a crew will not be the same in the 2020 season. Crews are regionally assigned, and we have designated them roughly according to Eastern, Central, and Western. Crews are not going to

In addition to pass interference, replay is undergoing a ‘configuration change’

http://gty.im/874232202 Replay reviews are going to be handled a little differently this season, simultaneous with the addition of pass interference into the mix. As Football Zebras reported in March, the replay booth underwent "configuration changes" in which several long-tenured replay assistants were dismissed. The replay official, who already monitors the live play,

Schedule of fines for the 2019 season

The list of the amounts for players' fines has been established for the 2019 season. Under the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players' union, there is an escalator clause that fines increase 5% each year, rounded to the nearest dollar. The current CBA runs through the 2020

Officiating crews for the 2019 season

Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2019 NFL season. This season, there are six new officials to replace four that retired and one that was fired. There are also three veteran officials designated as swing officials, increasing last season’s bench by one. The swing officials will move

Schedule of fines for the 2018 season

The list of the amounts for players' fines has been established for the 2018 season. Typically, fines are subject to an automatic 5% increase from the previous season, which is a provision of the collective bargaining agreement between the players union and the league. In 2017, the league and the union

Officiating crews for the 2018 season

http://gty.im/890345632 Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2018 NFL season. This season, there are seven new officials to replace officials that retired. There are two veteran officials designated as swing officials, decreasing last season’s record-level bench. The swing officials will move between crews through the season, and include one line-of-scrimmage

Coaches’ challenges on same pace as last season

In a season with vast replay changes and many notable reviews, not much has changed statistically, as the success rate of coaches' challenges is currently mirroring last year's rate. Coaches are ½ challenge below 50 percent, which is the same as 2016 (including postseason). Perhaps the biggest change in replay this