Every once in awhile the third team gets into the photographer’s frame. Here are some photos of NFL officials in action courtesy of team photographers and Getty Images.
From team photographers (click on photo to begin gallery):
Bill Vinovich (Oakland Raiders)
Bill Schuster (Green Bay Packers)
Bill Vinovich (Oakland Raiders)
Jerod Phillips (Washington Redskins)
Ron Marinucci (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Mark Perlman and Michael Banks (Oakland Raiders)
Laird Hayes
Gene Steratore (Green Bay Packers)
Greg Meyer (Oakland Raiders)
Bruce Stritesky (Oakland Raiders)
Bruce Stritesky (Oakland Raiders)
Pete Morelli (Chicago Bears)
Carl Paganelli (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Roy Ellison (Detroit Raiders)
Gene Steratore (Green Bay Packers)
Hugo Cruz (Detroit Lions)
Bill Vinovich (Oakland Raiders)
Gene Steratore tosses the coin (Green Bay Packers)
Laird Hayes
Tom Stephan and Rick Patterson (Pittsburgh Steelers)
From Getty Images (click on photo to begin gallery):
Mark Schultz is a high school football official, freelance writer and journalist. He first became interested in officiating when he was six years old, was watching a NFL game with his father and asked the fateful question, "Dad, what are those guys in the striped shirts doing?"