What a weekend of NFL football! I've watched the NFL since 1978, and this is the best playoff weekend I can remember, featuring some of the most exciting games in NFL history. Here are five officiating observations from the weekend. 1. No picky fouls https://streamable.com/t8acq5 I cannot recall a penalty flag this weekend where
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Steratore crew defeated in Monday night game
Patriots get interference flag on last-second play, seconds later flag picked up
Game ends on defensive pass inter...ception Post updates: comments from former supervisor Jim Daopoulos and pool report with referee Clete Blakeman With three seconds to go, down by 4, and with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the helm, you know that there is pending drama (video). Brady was intercepted in the end zone
Roundtable Week 8: illegal bats in football, Brees’s consecutive false starts
Dolphins illegal bat puts Patriots on-deck
Offenses subject to ‘reasonable time’ rule
The conspiracy machine got some gas in preseason with the suggestion that officials are given the authority to limit offensive schemes through controlling the pace of the game. In a Wall Street Journal article, a connection was drawn between a new point of emphasis and the offense employed by incoming
Intentional grounding call is 2nd safety by penalty in a Super Bowl
Pereira: Time to retire infamous tuck rule
Commish: QB flag lobbying not an issue
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