Football Zebras Roundtable We had a few calls this week that were borderline judgement calls. How close were they? Former NFL officiating supervisors Jim Daopoulos and...
Officials double check with each other on tight and routine calls NFL officials each have a specific area and specific player or players to watch during...
Dean Blandino, the NFL vice president of officiating, has the breakdown of a few calls in his “Official Review” segment on NFL Network: The Seahawks recovery...
U Dan Ferrell blamed for calls outside his keys Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith has a complaint about a specific official he would like everyone to...
The replay officials are now under collective bargaining agreement through 2020, having worked the first four weeks of the season on an expired deal. Replay officials...
Image: Dallas Cowboys photo First, our quick calls [Football Zebras] The pink penalty flags did cause some confusion with the players’ pink towels, all symbolic for...
You can follow our coverage on Twitter, but we will post some of the more notable calls from the weekend here in our liveblog. Did you...
Through Week 4 games For reference, the percentage of calls challenged by the replay officials is shown. Obviously, the replay official does not lose a challenge...
Also, both feet touching the ground in bounds and the mechanics for a fair catch kick.
Jeff Triplette has the Raiders' redeye game, likely to end around 3 a.m. on the East Coast.
NFL vice-president of officiating Dean Blandino has two items in this week’s “Official Review” segment (video): The review of a spot in the Patriots-Falcons game that...
If you can keep your head when all about you   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men...
Photos from Week 4 action as taken by team photographers. Click on any image to view full screen.
After Further Review: your Monday morning read on the calls that made news
Quick calls for Week 4: The Football Zebras liveblog
Vice president of officiating Dean Blandino released an officiating tape to the media regarding calls made this week (230 MB download). A couple of crown-of-the-helmet calls...
Clete Blakeman’s crew is in London for the first international game of the year at Wembly Stadium. The game will air during Sunday day games with...
Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers tacked on a 15-yard unsporstmanlike conduct penalty for confronting an official. Â Here’s what made news this week: Bill Leavy’s crew has hit...
Last year it was a rash of inadvertent whistles. This year the officials are having trouble enforcing penalties. Former NFL vice president for officiating and current...
Week 3: Browns at Vikings (video) Update: Bill Leavy interview with pool reporter is below, video link from Deadspin is above. Bill Leavy’s crew is now...