ESPN rules analyst Gerry Austin continues on medical leave. Jim Daopoulos will now assist the production team.
NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino released his weekly video focusing on rules clarifications and instant replay (video download) Here’s a wrap up of his...
Dean Blandino, the vice president of NFL officiating, reviewed two calls from last weekend in his “Official Review” segment on NFL Network (video). A touchdown reception...
through Week 6 The table below shows the percentage of reversals by coaches so far this season. The Falcons, Lions, Dolphins, Vikings, and Patriots have not...
NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino released his weekly media video regarding last week’s noteworthy calls (download). As we covered in Quick Calls on Sunday,...
NFL referee Tony Corrente has resigned from his position as the coordinator of football officiating for the Pacific 12 Conference on Thursday. Conference commissioner Larry Scott...
Dean Blandino, NFL vice-president of officiating, released his weekly video highlighting several penalties and rules highlights throughout the league for Week 4 (video download). We’ve wrapped...
Head linesman Ed Camp has been off the field this season, apparently sidelined by a grave illness earlier this year.
#158811399 / gettyimages.com Football Zebras has learned from multiple sources that back judge Kurt Dornan has retired. He is now the 14th official to have left...
Week 4: Packers at Bears (video at 2:30) Early in the fourth quarter, the Chicago Bears’ game hopes were hanging by a thread. The defense had...
Washington defensive lineman Chris Baker was ejected Sunday, but his penalty should not have been called. Was the ejection in error?
The semiregular “Official Review” segment appeared for (I believe) the first time this season on NFL Total Access. Vice president of officiating Dean Blandino addressed two...
49ers receiver Anquan Boldin was flagged for head-butting Cardinals safety Tony Jefferson, and while he owned his role in that penalty, Boldin said the officials let...
We will have our eyes on the games, but if you see anything confusing, unusual, or controversial, please let us know. Leave a comment below Send...
In the third quarter of Week 2, Jets quarterback Geno Smith was sacked while trying to throw a pass. The ball landed behind him, so the...
Craig Wrolstad (shown here last week conducting the coin toss in Cleveland) has the Thursday night game this week. Ed Hochuli and his crew is off...
Jets at Packers (video) The Jets scored an apparent game-tying touchdown, but the play was dead because the Jets bench called timeout prior to the snap....
Whenever we have a few loose items to cover, we will run a remainders column at the end of the week. Here are some things that...
NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino released his weekly video on Friday (download) discussing some controversial and noteworthy calls for Week 1. As we expected,...
To better understand some of the more complicated calls, we are happy to welcome back Larry Upson and Jim Daopoulos to the Football Zebras Roundtable. Both...