We throw back to 1989 when referee Bob McElwee allowed Bengals coach Sam Wyche to give the home crowd a geography lesson.
Officials almost perfect in handing out Week 9 ejections
A rule change disallows teams to intentionally commit multiple fouls during the same down designed to manipulate the clock.
They may be good calls, questionable calls, or controversial calls. There are unusual rules interpretations or circumstances. There are moments where officials were tested, where judgements...
Embed from Getty Images  John Parry’s crew set the tone in the pregame warm-ups: There would not be a repeat of the Week 14...
Week 13: Bengals at Buccaneers (video at 2:25 | replay video) It’s as easy as 1 to … 12. The Buccaneers with 32 seconds remaining in...
The NFL could soon see more former players become officials. The league is sending 14 former players and one active player to a pair of officiating...
After wild card weekend, it always strikes me — only seven more meaningful football games this year. Â In an attempt not to get too maudlin, here...
AFC Wild Card Playoff Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the Chargers-Bengals Wild Card Playoff game from Paul Brown...
Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Wild Card weekend. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew...
Week 15: Bengals at Steelers (video) Update below It was a breakaway punt return, and Bengals punter Kevin Huber was positioning himself to stop or at...
Snowy conditions make one grade inconclusive Football Zebras Roundtable As the snow blew through four games this weekend, there were a flurry of close, questionable, and...
Week 14: Colts at Bengals (video) Updated with pool report below. Referee Jeff Triplette had a rough week defending his call to let the clock run...
A list of known suspensions of officials for on-field incidents
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 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...
We have some leftover items from Week 5, so let’s serve them up before their expiration dates pass. Bengals lost timeout Prior to a Bengals 3rd-and-goal...
Image: Dallas Cowboys photo First, our quick calls [Football Zebras] The pink penalty flags did cause some confusion with the players’ pink towels, all symbolic for...
Last year it was a rash of inadvertent whistles. This year the officials are having trouble enforcing penalties. Former NFL vice president for officiating and current...
Each replay displayed the cringe-inducing conclusion: that wasn't a trip. Even the umpire was unsure.