We hope you were able to survive the first weekend without football. While there won't be any games until August, there will be a lot of...
A study purports to show a correlation between sideline position and the likelihood of a flag. Is this proof of officiating bias?
Embed from Getty Images  Just two months into the job, new NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) Executive Director, Scott Green is speaking out on behalf of...
Rules modifications in effect for the 2017 Pro Bowl
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has been fined for two separate occurrences both during and after Sunday's Divisional Playoff game.
Sources show conflicting information is coming from the league office over the Cowboys unusual substitution foul.
Football Zebras has learned that a clear front-runner has emerged for the referee of Super Bowl LI.
Dates, times, and referee assignments for the NFL 2016–17 postseason.
Line judge Tony Veteri and head linesman John McGrath have retired.
Embed from Getty Images  Dean Blandino released the weekly officiating video, which is posted below. In it he first discussed intentional grounding, which occurs when...
Based solely upon the rules of an inadvertent whistle, it would appear that the Big 12 officiating crew ruled correctly in a sticky situation in the...
Embed from Getty Images  Line judge Sarah Thomas is recovering from a broken wrist sustained in a Week 16 collision (video) at Lambeau Field between...
Atlantic Coast Conference referee Ron Cherry is recovering from surgery this week to remove a blood clot which apparently was caused by an on-field injury last...
Embed from Getty Images  In his recent installment of the weekly officiating video, senior vice president of officiating Dean Blandino discussed numerous calls from the prior...
How a hit heard in your living room was not a foul, but tossing the ball was.
NFL head coaches were able to maintain a similar success rate to 2015 when tossing the red flag through the first 14 weeks of the regular...
At some point early in the fourth quarter of the Dallas Cowboys loss to the New York Giants on Sunday night at The Meadowlands, the headset communication device...
Wrapping some odds and ends from week 14, we cover some of the least touched-on calls from week 14 of the NFL season.
At the beginning of the 2015 season, Football Zebras examined the phenomenon of extra communication coming from "upstairs" -- the replay officials. This help continues, and...
So, let's spend time discussing deflated footballs again. The latest allegation comes from the Week 13 game in Pittsburgh between the Giants and Steelers.