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Mechanics

by Mark Schultz - October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 3

Embed from Getty Images Pete Morelli's crew appeared to break down during a call in Week 4, as side judge Boris Cheek threw a flag for a horse collar tackle, that simply wasn't there. After a lengthy and sometimes animated discussion with his crew mates, Morelli announced the 15-yard penalty. First of

Practice fields become classrooms when officials attend training camp

by Cameron Filipe - August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 0

Reporting from Foxborough, Mass. Training camp is essential for all 32 NFL teams in their preparation for a new season. The same can be said for the officiating crews -- working at team's training camps helps the league's officials get their feet wet and practice their mechanics and the new rules

Jerome Boger leads Hall of Fame game crew

by Ben Austro - August 5, 2016August 3, 2017 7

The 97th season league history begins Sunday from the place where the seed was first planted -- Canton, Ohio. Culminating the enshrinement festivities of the 2016 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday will be the Hall of Fame game between the Packers and Colts, beginning at 8

50 Super Bowl calls, Part 3: XXX to XXI

50 Super Bowl calls

by Football Zebras staff - February 3, 2016March 15, 2019 0

The Football Zebras staff -- with the assistance of our affiliated forum, Behind the Football Stripes -- has examined the Super Bowls of years past for the work of the officials who, in a given year, achieve the honor of the best of the best. While every team competes for

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Wild Card quick calls: Chiefs at Colts

by Football Zebras staff - January 4, 2014August 22, 2016 2

AFC Wild Card PlayoffFollow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the Chiefs-Colts Wild Card Playoff game from LucasOil Stadium in Indianapolis. (If you see continue reading below, click it to see the entire feed.)If you have any questions or comments, use the comments section

Referee assignments for Wild Card games: Anderson, Vinovich, Triplette, Hochuli

by Ben Austro - January 1, 2014January 5, 2014 39

Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card weekend. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee’s name), college, and outside occupation. All times are Eastern. Three alternates are assigned to each

To flag or not to flag? Pereira and Daopoulos try to answer the question

by Mark Schultz - February 5, 2013February 5, 2013 3

Pereira and Daopoulos break down Super Bowl XLVII Did the Baltimore Ravens Jimmy Smith hold the San Francisco 49ers Michael Crabtree on that last gasp fourth and goal? Did Crabtree push-off of Smith? Were the officials correct in not throwing a flag on either player? Two former NFL officials and officiating

Super Bowl officials on field for divisionals?

by Ben Austro - January 11, 2013January 26, 2013 3

McAulay, Leavy likely for conference title games Boger, lacking prerequisites, still rumored as top referee This year, the speculation of the postseason assignments seems to be rampant, compared with previous years. For the past decade, regular season officiating crews stayed largely intact, qualifying as a group, with a few substitutions for higher

Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call

by Ben Austro - October 16, 2009October 18, 2009 0

This week's "Official Review" by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video, Part 1 and Part 2): As pointed out in our comments, there was a bizarre fair-catch play in the Redskins–Panthers game. Basically, the Panthers, while