2 controversial plays involve new rules Football Zebras Roundtable By now we’ve heard every angle of Rule 9-1-3(b)(2) that gave the Jets a second chance to...
Week 7: Bengals at Lions Lions coach Jim Schwartz is very cautious now about launching the red challenge flag, after being burned by a since-overturned rule...
The NFL announced that the suspension of Brandon Meriweather was reduced from two games to one. This appears to have been a deliberate effort by the...
Week 7: Vikings at Giants (video) The Arkansas Association of High School Officials gets it. The NFL does not. If you are an official at any...
After delivering two illegal hits with his helmet, Washington safety Brandon Meriweather has two weeks to think about it, assuming he can still remember the blows...
The big call of the week was Tony Michalek’s flag on a Patriots defensive tackle Chris Jones. Jones shoved his teammate into the Jets offensive line...
Week 7: Patriots at Jets Update: The rule change is included here, which we identified as a point of emphasis, not a rule change. However, it...
You can follow our coverage on Twitter, and we will also post here some notable calls and describe some of the complicated rulings of the weekend....
NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino narrates the weekly media tape on calls from the previous week, which can be downloaded here. Several unusual calls...
In 1975, the NFL decided to put a wireless microphone on the referee for penalty announcements. Â Officiating boss Art McNally, wanted the officials to use this...
