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Too many ejections in Week 1

by Mark Schultz - September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 0

The NFL officials had to issue too many ejections in Week 1. Of the three, two were for unsportsmanlike conduct and one was due to a flagrant helmet foul. One of the first games of the day features a disqualification The yellow laundry starting flying early in Jacksonville. Jaguars linebacker Myles Jack

Officials will (rarely) eject players on 2 unsportsmanlike fouls

2016 rule changes

by Football Zebras staff - August 8, 2016January 17, 2019 5

Embed from Getty Images 2016 rule changes Player safety and sportsmanship have always been a high priority, but now there is one more tangible way that the NFL will attempt to enforce this on the field. In 2016, players will not only have to worry about fines, but ejection if they commit

Quick calls: Week 1

Calls
Week 1

by Ben Austro - September 8, 2013September 11, 2013 9

Did you see a call in the kickoff weekend that needs our attention? Let us know in the comments or tweet us @footballzebras. We have the week 1 assignments and the crew lists available for your review. 7761

Boger backtracks on ‘bump’; do officials apply double standard to DQ a QB?

by Ben Austro - December 26, 2012December 26, 2012 2

Cam disses ref:Â 'disrespect,' luckily it wasn't disqualification Week 16: Raiders at Panthers Panthers quarterback Cam Newton might have revealed a double standard for ejecting quarterbacks. Although there are no official statistics kept, the most recent (and only) instance I can find of a quarterback getting an early shower was in 1995 when

Redskins DeAngelo Hall fined for actions against an official

by Mark Schultz - November 15, 2012November 15, 2012 2

The Washington Redskins DeAngelo Hall was fined $30,000 by the NFL yesterday for his Week 8 incident (video) with an NFL official during the game between the Redskins and Pittsburgh Steelers on October 28.Â Ian Rapoport of nfl.com reported the Hall fine.Â After a play in which Hall felt he had

Finnegan, Johnson ejected, face suspension for violent on-field brawl

News
Week 12

by Ben Austro - November 28, 2010May 4, 2014 3

Week 12: Titans at Texans Rarely do any fistfights in football inflict damage on the combatants. However, Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan and Texans receiver Andre Johnson found a way around that and had perhaps the most violent tÃªte Ã tÃªte in the NFL in the color television era. Undoubtedly the NFL will

3 confusing calls in Sunday night game

by Ben Austro - December 15, 2009December 17, 2009 3

Week 14: Eagles at Giants We have three calls for analysisâ€”all three called correctlyâ€”from the Eaglesâ€“Giants game that will likely end up on this week's "Official Review." View the highlights of the game in addition to our analysis: McNabb incomplete or fumble? On a second-and-10 from the Eagles 42, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb

Runaway locomotive hit on fair catch spawns ejection, brawl, maybe suspension

by Ben Austro - October 19, 2009November 25, 2012 0

Week 6: Panthers at Buccaneers Dante Wesley of the Panthers was ejected for a flagrant hit on kick returner Clifton Smith of the Buccaneers. Smith called for a fair catch, and Wesley flattened him to the turf long before the ball even got there. It was penalized as both fair-catch interference

Bizarre quirk in fair-catch interference rule hits Titans; Jones ejected for punch

Calls
Week 2

by Ben Austro - September 21, 2009September 23, 2009 0

Week 2: Texans at Titans Back to Nashville we go for a fluke of a play that resulted in an extraordinary penalty. By the rules, it is a correct call. At the end of the third quarter, the Texans' Jacoby Jones (who just had narrowly escaped a potential replay reversal on his