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...
Also, both feet touching the ground in bounds and the mechanics for a fair catch kick.
Did you see a call in the kickoff weekend that needs our attention? Let us know in the comments or tweet us @footballzebras. We have the...
After Further Review: Partial officiating squads traveled to training camps this week to explain the new rules and answer questions about interpretations.
In 1975 the NFL decided to put a wireless microphone on the referee, so the fans at the game and on TV could better understand what...
The NFL officiating staff is heavy on experience which is great news. The flip side to this is that we will be seeing a higher than...
Week 13: Packers at Giants 1st Quarter | 2:12 remaining | Tied 7-7 | Giants ball | 3rd & 6 @ GB 20 | video Update,...
Week 13: Packers at Giants 3rd Quarter | 9:59 remaining | Packers 21-17 | Packers ball | 3rd & 9 @ NYG 20 | video Packers...
Jeff Triplette, meet Dante Hicks. Much like the downtrodden cashier from Clerks, Triplette was not even supposed to be here this Sunday. Triplette was heading Scott...
EXCLUSIVE Zebra Blog has learned that referee Scott Green has been on leave the past two weeks with an injury. Gene Steratore substituted for Green in...
Week 3: Giants at Eagles The description of the “process of the catch” has been fixed in the rulebook, but that does not mean that the...
Line judge Jeff Bergman was seen leaving the field on a cart after the end of the third quarter of the Giants–Vikings game in Detroit. He...
By now you are well aware of the blizzard in Minnesota that caused the roof to collapse on the Metrodome. Other than the fact that Fox...
A post over at NBC Philadelphia’s Birds Nest blog adds up the statistics of penalty flags per game through the first 13 weeks. The most over-officious...
When I started this blog, the idea was to provide insights and analysis of the officiating crews in the National Football League. Since the Internet is...
Tough job this week for the NFL vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira. Frequently, he will give in his weekly “Official Review” segment what we feel is...
We have reported on two instances where Jeff Triplette’s crew had difficulty in getting basic information correct on replay reversals. First, in Week 5, Triplette and...
The “Official Review” segment returns for week 9 action, with the league’s vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, disecting some of the more complicated calls. This week,...
This week’s “Official Review” by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video,...
The Elmira (N.Y.) Star-Gazette ran an profile on the career of the recently retired NFL field judge Duke Carroll. [Link unfortunately goes behind a paywall on...