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Week 13, 202432 minutes ago
Week 13 officiating liveblog
Week 13, 20243 days ago
Thanksgiving 2024 officiating liveblog
History3 days ago
To officials that work today at all levels, thanks for giving your time
College Football4 days ago
Rules review video: Kicking off from the 5, rushing the field, and the process of starting a replay review
Assignments5 days ago
Week 13 referee assignments
Photo Gallery6 days ago
Week 12 photo album, 2024
Week 12, 20241 week ago
Week 12 officiating liveblog
College Football1 week ago
Rules review video: Illegal kicking, scrimmage kick formation, and pull and shoot
Assignments2 weeks ago
Week 12 referee assignments
Photo Gallery2 weeks ago
Week 11 photo album, 2024
Assignments4 weeks ago
Week 10 referee assignments
Assignments3 weeks ago
Week 11 referee assignments
Obituary3 weeks ago
5-time Super Bowl official Al Jury passes away
Assignments2 weeks ago
Week 12 referee assignments
Assignments5 days ago
Week 13 referee assignments
Week 9, 20244 weeks ago
Week 9 officiating liveblog
Week 10, 20243 weeks ago
Week 10 officiating liveblog
College Football4 weeks ago
Rules review video: Fake field goal, leaping, and live-ball taunting
Week 11, 20242 weeks ago
Week 11 officiating liveblog
Photo Gallery4 weeks ago
Week 9 photo album, 2024
College Football4 days ago
Rules review video: Kicking off from the 5, rushing the field, and the process of starting a replay review
College Football1 week ago
Rules review video: Illegal kicking, scrimmage kick formation, and pull and shoot
College Football3 weeks ago
Rule review video: Leaping and leverage, an unusual formation, and targeting
College Football4 weeks ago
Rules review video: Fake field goal, leaping, and live-ball taunting
College Football1 month ago
Rules review video: Early celebration, kick catch interference, and college expedited replays
College Football1 month ago
Rules review video: Onside drop-kicks, spitting, and a center catching a touchdown
College Football2 months ago
Rules review video: roughing vs. running into the kicker, brandishing a weapon, and a field goal off the light post
College Football2 months ago
Rules review video: First-touch spots on punts, illegal batting, and a bench player on the field
College Football2 months ago
Rules review video: Goal line extended, kicks over the uprights, and fumbles through the end zone
Call of the Week2 months ago
Excellent catch of pull-and-shoot holding is the Call of the Week
Week 13, 202432 minutes ago
Week 13 officiating liveblog
Week 13, 20243 days ago
Thanksgiving 2024 officiating liveblog
History3 days ago
To officials that work today at all levels, thanks for giving your time
College Football4 days ago
Rules review video: Kicking off from the 5, rushing the field, and the process of starting a replay review
Assignments5 days ago
Week 13 referee assignments
Photo Gallery6 days ago
Week 12 photo album, 2024
Week 12, 20241 week ago
Week 12 officiating liveblog
College Football1 week ago
Rules review video: Illegal kicking, scrimmage kick formation, and pull and shoot
Assignments2 weeks ago
Week 12 referee assignments
Photo Gallery2 weeks ago
Week 11 photo album, 2024
Assignments4 weeks ago
Week 10 referee assignments
Assignments3 weeks ago
Week 11 referee assignments
Obituary3 weeks ago
5-time Super Bowl official Al Jury passes away
Assignments2 weeks ago
Week 12 referee assignments
Assignments5 days ago
Week 13 referee assignments
Week 9, 20244 weeks ago
Week 9 officiating liveblog
Week 10, 20243 weeks ago
Week 10 officiating liveblog
College Football4 weeks ago
Rules review video: Fake field goal, leaping, and live-ball taunting
Week 11, 20242 weeks ago
Week 11 officiating liveblog
Photo Gallery4 weeks ago
Week 9 photo album, 2024
College Football4 days ago
Rules review video: Kicking off from the 5, rushing the field, and the process of starting a replay review
College Football1 week ago
Rules review video: Illegal kicking, scrimmage kick formation, and pull and shoot
College Football3 weeks ago
Rule review video: Leaping and leverage, an unusual formation, and targeting
College Football4 weeks ago
Rules review video: Fake field goal, leaping, and live-ball taunting
College Football1 month ago
Rules review video: Early celebration, kick catch interference, and college expedited replays
College Football1 month ago
Rules review video: Onside drop-kicks, spitting, and a center catching a touchdown
College Football2 months ago
Rules review video: roughing vs. running into the kicker, brandishing a weapon, and a field goal off the light post
College Football2 months ago
Rules review video: First-touch spots on punts, illegal batting, and a bench player on the field
College Football2 months ago
Rules review video: Goal line extended, kicks over the uprights, and fumbles through the end zone
Call of the Week2 months ago
Lynn
October 2, 2017 at 11:14 pm
The referees need to make better calls in the 1st half of the Chiefs vs Washington……. review film.They need Smith by the neck twisted, roughed Kelsey, offense pass interface Washington player pushed Peter.
Lynn
Anonymous
September 23, 2018 at 3:42 pm
Washington/ Packers. Horrible calls.. Seriously. We can only stand so much. The learning curve is over people. If you cant call the game properly, you need to find another profession.
Matt
September 23, 2018 at 4:16 pm
After the last Clay Matthews call in the 3rd quarter of the Redskins game…I am 100% done with the NFL. Will NEVER again watch any NFL game (because of the refs and your stupid rules which you can never call on both sides). DONE done! I will never use my Discover card again because they advertise on the NFL. You have totally ruined the Professional football experience for the fans. The NFL is completely out of control. Bye! NEVER again. I was a fan for for 50 years and I am D-O-N-E. That last call on Clay Matthews during the Redskins game on Sept 23rd was the final straw. You ruined the game. Bye!
Ron
October 27, 2018 at 5:31 pm
The overall officiating this season has been horrible. Thou I am a Cleveland Browns fan I watch quite a few games every week and can not understand how a side or back judge misses a player moving 3 yards before the snap. With all the talk about hits to the head the ref in Cleveland on Sunday said because the QB was beyond the line of scrimmage the hit to the head was allowed. Really? He should be unemployed as well. At the very least he should get a hit to the head like that. If, we the fans, performed like that at our jobs we would be terminated. Unions always stick up for the dead weight in any organization, better clean up your house before you wreck the game. Your getting closer to doing just that every week.
Anonymous
November 29, 2018 at 10:56 pm
The refs are ruinine the game. Letting the helmet to helmet hit during saints and Cowboys game is inexcusable. Players get hurt and they are to blame because they are afraid to call it. Good live and games being lost.
Joe
September 16, 2019 at 1:49 pm
Can someone explain the ruling on the spot of the ball on the Bronco’s successful 2 pt. try in yesterday’s game?
If I found the right section in the rule book, here’s what the NFL says:
”
ARTICLE 3. FOULS COMMITTED DURING TRY
If a foul results in a retry, Team A will have the option to enforce the penalty from the spot where it attempted the try (previous spot) or from the yard line for the other try option.
”
So after the Bronco’s had the 5 yard delay of game penalty before they tried original the 2pt. conversion, they had the chance to try for two points from the 7 yard line, or try for 1 pt, snapping from the 20. As you know, they tried for 1 from the 20, but the Bears were offside – another 5 yard penalty. They now opted to go for 2. Why was that 5 yard offside penalty not enforced as 1/2 the distance from 7 yard line (where the previous try would have been had they been going for 2)? That should have put them at the 3-1/2 line for a 2 pt try. Instead, they got the ball at the one yard line – half the distance from the original 2pt spot – and converted. Am I missing something? Seems like a mistake. Please explain if you can.
Lee H Schlesinger
January 4, 2020 at 9:51 pm
How is it possible that Gary Colliveto is an alternate ref in the Houston-Buffalo game. He missed the biggest call in playoff history. He should not be a ref at all much less be an official in a playoff game.
Timothy Rastello
December 29, 2020 at 11:34 pm
Alamo Bowl CU v Texas
No targeting on 0 in third quarter? What a joke. That was plainly targeting. This type of non-call that could have paralyzed a defenseless player is going to kill the sport we love. Someone should do something.
Jorge Molina
January 15, 2021 at 1:54 pm
Are there any number amongst NFL officials that have been retired?
Mike Green
February 13, 2022 at 2:21 pm
What about #36 worn bt Toby Veteri 5 time super bowl HL do not see it in your article