Since the replay system was reintroduced in 1999, the review rules have only been subject to incremental revision, rather than any of the proposed wholesale changes to...
Embed from Getty Images  Football Zebras has obtained the officiating crew rosters for the 2016 NFL season. This season, three new officials have been hired...
2106 season will have 5 swing officials supporting the 17 crews.
Embed from Getty Images  In 2006, he was the Number 2 enforcer in the league, as ranked by his peers; a decade later he is...
Josh Lewis to officiate flag football games at the NFL Draft.
Embed from Getty Images  Update, 4/11: The union meetings have concluded, and Jim Quirk remains as the executive director. The matter of replacing Quirk did...
The NFL has circumvented the typical rule-revision process and is making a rule change that will affect the opening coin toss, according to a league source....
We still have a few leftovers on our Super Bowl buffet, so we will warm up some more analysis before we put the rest in the freezer...
Super Bowl 50 referee Clete Blakeman has lead a relatively obscure existence in the NFL, with an occasional reference here, although I’ve even admitted in the...
Ed Hochuli and Bill Vinovich have been confirmed as Conference Championship referees.
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Ed Hochuli and Bill Vinovich will be assigned to the Conference Championship games, sources tell Football Zebras.
Embed from Getty Images  2015 replay statistics After a precipitous drop in replay challenges last year, coaches were able to improve their reversal rate in...
The methodology of determining playoff assignments changed slightly when Dean Blandino was named vice president of officiating in 2013. It largely resembles the system previously in...
ESPN has tapped former NFL officiating supervisor Jim Daopoulos to provide analysis of rules and interpretations throughout the playoffs. During the regular season, Daopoulos provided analysis...
Times and dates for the NFL 2015-16 postseason.
Blakeman handled toss correctly; it was Belichick's decision to kick
Embed from Getty Images  Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was taken completely out of his element when he faced off against the secondary of the...
Week 15: Lions at Saints The Saints had a touchdown taken away by replay, and had an excruciating five plays from the 1, resulting in no...
There are three items embedded in the commissioner's comments that seem to triangulate where the league's bearings are heading with officiating down the stretch of this...