 View image | gettyimages.com Something odd struck a few officiating observers during the surprise onside kickoff to start overtime in the Rams-Seahawks game. Beyond the...
Dean Blandino, the NFL’s vice president of officiating, began the season today by explaining calls in Week 1 of the 2015 NFL season in the weekly...
Swing officials, double-booking and bye weekends fill any gaps The first weekend of NFL games featured a serious injury to one of the officials, when line...
 View image | gettyimages.com Walt Anderson will have the Thursday night game, which will be simulcast on CBS and NFL Network. Walt Coleman’s crew has...
Photos of the officials in action in Week 1.
Week 1: Eagles at Falcons (video) In the first game of the Monday night doubleheader, a seesaw battle headed to the end of the fourth quarter...
News from around the league on the calls from Week 1
Week 1: Seahawks at Rams (video) A surprise onside kick didn’t catch the Rams napping, but it wound up catching the officiating crew off guard. The...
Rolling coverage through the day from the Football Zebras staff.
Defenseless player protections are being extended to the intended receiver on a pass after an interception or potential interception under a new provision this year. This...
View image | gettyimages.com It is time. No more practice. No more clinics. The NFL season begins for real this week. Here is what I’m keying...
Independent certified athletic trainers (referred to as ATC spotters by the NFL) will be able to call a medical timeout in very specific situations under a...
The owners passed a major change to modify the rules for the touchdown-conversion try, which is arguably the most significant scoring change in football in over...
Carl Cheffers kicks off the regular season schedule in Foxborough, Mass., with the Thursday night kickoff game between the Steelers and Patriots.
During the Bears-Browns preseason game, the TV announcers made a passing reference that referee Ed Hochuli might be in his last year as an official —...
The final preseason weekend games are all Thursday night, kicking off between 6 and 7:30 p.m. local time.
I’ll be talking about my new book, So You Think You Know Football?, and all things officiating on the John Murphy Show (WGR/Buffalo), Wednesday night at 8:10...
Former head linesman, back judge and side judge, Grover Klemmer passed away on August 23, at the age of 94. Klemmer wore number 8 through his...
Gene Steratore has the Sunday night game.