Tag: Billy Smith

Turnover margin: 10 NFL officials not returning in 2014

by Mark Schultz - 2

There will be at least 10 officials who will will not return to the field in 2014.  At the end of the season, five officials were confirmed to be retiring.  A few weeks later, Football Zebras was first to report that Ron Winter had retired. We now know that head linesman

Float like a butterfly…dodge like a ref

by Mark Schultz - 1

How NFL officials stay out of the way to preserve life and limb We've all seen it.  For the fans it is a funny sight but for anyone who has been knocked down by a football player always cringes when a football official gets knocked down.  The officials do not wear