Darryll Lewis

Training tape: defenseless receiver, taunting, clock on out-of-bounds fumble

by Ben Austro - October 5, 2013 0

Dean Blandino, NFL vice president of officiating, released this week's media tape regarding rules calls mostly from Week 4 (150 MB download). This week's topics: When defenseless protections end. The play in question was a legal hit on Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, correctly called (SJ 67 Doug Rosenbaum, BJ 93 Scott

Hair’s a ‘dread’-ful call

by Ben Austro - November 24, 2010October 17, 2016 2

Week 11: Lions at Cowboys Maybe it is some sort of unwritten code in professional football circles, but you rarely see a player tackled by long hair sticking out of the helmet. It may considered poor practice to tackle a player that way, but it is entirely legal. The rules consider

Officials for Hall of Fame Game

by Ben Austro - August 8, 2010August 15, 2010 0

The officials (and their uniform numbers) for the Hall of Fame Game between the Bengals and the Cowboys: R Ron Winter (14) U Butch Hannah (40) HL John McGrath (5) LJ Darryll Lewis (130) SJ Steve Zimmer (33) BJ Rick Patterson (15) FJ Perry Paganelli (46) In the replay booth are the replay assistant Ken Baker and video