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.
Football Zebras has obtained the conference assignments of the officiating crews to the 2016-17 bowl games.
Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. took exception to the officiating crew from Sunday's game against the Steelers, after complaining to one of the officials about an...
EVP/football ops Troy Vincent expects o implement a larger crew and to hire full-time officials for the 2017 season.
The NFL will propose a new developmental league to help train prospective players and provide opportunities for coaches, scouts and officials.
Embed from Getty Images  Jim Quirk Sr., NFL officiating veteran and executive director of the NFL Referees Association, the officials union, is retiring from his...
Dean Blandino reviewed the final play from Sunday's game between the Bengals and the Ravens.
An erroneous untimed down call at the end of a playoff game is resolved in court.