This week, NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino focused on only two plays from Week 8. While short, the rules are important. The two referenced...
Week 8: Seahawks at Cowboys (video) Referee Carl Cheffers stated that a touchdown by Seahawks tight end Luke Wilson would stand. The camera down the goal...
After serving a suspension for not recognizing a clock malfunction occurred, side judge Rob Vernatchi will be interviewed by the league office as part of the...
 View image | gettyimages.com Week 6: Bears at Lions (video) Golden Tate caught a pass at the goal line and established two feet down. He...
NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino released the Week 5 Officiating Video and lead with something we’ve been covering all week. Some highlights include: As...
The NFL has confirmed to Football Zebras that side judge Rob Vernatchi will be off the field for Week 6, however they aren’t calling it a...
 View image | gettyimages.com The NFL took the rare step of suspending an official for an error in game mechanics, a source has told Pro...
Quick calls from Week 5 [FootballZebras] The umpire and back judge watch the kick-line very closely. That was true during the Bills at Titans game when...
 View image | gettyimages.com  The percentage of reversals on coach’s challenges has risen about 5 percentage points from 39.4% at the end of the 2014...
The NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino discussed some important calls and penalty enforcements from Week 4 in the NFL. Everyone’s been talking about the...
 View image | gettyimages.com Terry McAulay will have the Thursday night game between the Colts and the Texans. The Panthers, Dolphins, Vikings, and Jets all...
Week 4: Lions at Seahawks (video) So it is a Monday night, an early season game at Seattle’s CenturyLink field. Lions driving for the north end...
Quick Calls from Week 4 [FootballZebras] In Chicago, Eddie Royal was subjected to a questionable “spiking the ball” penalty. After being tackled, Royal rose up and...
Liveblog of the calls from Sunday
Roethlisberger hit was a foul The hit by Rams safety Mark Barron that sidelined Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (video) should have been a penalty, according...
Texans at Panthers (video) Near the end of the game, Texans quarterback Ryan Mallett threw an incomplete pass that was also intentional grounding with about 17...
 View image | gettyimages.com Something odd struck a few officiating observers during the surprise onside kickoff to start overtime in the Rams-Seahawks game. Beyond the...
Swing officials, double-booking and bye weekends fill any gaps The first weekend of NFL games featured a serious injury to one of the officials, when line...
The owners passed a major change to modify the rules for the touchdown-conversion try, which is arguably the most significant scoring change in football in over...
During the Bears-Browns preseason game, the TV announcers made a passing reference that referee Ed Hochuli might be in his last year as an official —...
