In the annual league meeting held in Boston, commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the media on various topics. Of interest here, he was asked about the influence that star quarterbacks might have on the officials. (We will get to his response shortly.) We did not specifically address the star-treatment aspect here, as
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Week 4 “Review”: Ref, Zebra Blog wrong; “Amen” not 15 yards, late QB touch can be
Week 3 “Official Review”: Taunting, OPI, pleas for PylonCam
As done in previous weeks, there is a two-part "Official Review," one for NFL Network and one for NFL.com. The topics were not nearly controversial this week for the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira: 49ers defensive back Shawntae Spencer signaled incomplete on a pass that he broke up in
Week 2 “Official Review” with the usual suspects (and answers you read here first)
Without getting into tremendous detail, the Week 2 edition of "Official Review" (two-part video that aired on NFL Net and NFL.com) covered the same topics we covered this week. The assessments we gave on the calls were entirely backed up by the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira. The
Week 1 “Official Review” on NFL Net: Phantom contact call, fair catch signals
This season's first "Official Review" on the NFL Network signature program NFL Total Access offers us a double dip from the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira. In addition to the cablecast segment (video), we were treated to a web-exclusive extended segment (video). The topics: The reversed touchdown catch by
League reboots search for new VP of refs
It is not exactly America's Got Talent, but finding the new vice president of officiating is turning out to be one tough audition. Peter King of SI.com is reporting that the league is restarting its process to find a replacement for current officeholder Mike Pereira. Pereira announced on the NFL Network
Head of refs firm on fumble, but should have been reviewed
Mike Pereira, the NFL vice president of officiating, conducted his last "Official Review" segment (video) of the season on the NFL Network today. Periera is retiring at the conclusion of next season. Pereira did acknowledge the controversy about not having Kurt Warner's fumble on the last play reviewed: Looking back at it