We turn the clock back to 1992 when referee Dale Hamer earned some painful praise from John Madden.
Some officiating takeaways from this weekend's Wild Card action.
The NFL may consider adding an eighth official, but that official would not don the striped shirt.
Saints owner Gayle Benson called for "changes in NFL policies to ensure no team and fan base is ever put in a similar position again."
If a crew mate wants to talk about a call, an official had better listen.
Officials almost perfect in handing out Week 9 ejections
The NFL suspends Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Evans one game for dead ball hit that sparked a large scrum.
 Senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron released the week 1 officiating video today (video below). Among the numerous items to discuss, Riveron first discussed...
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...
A lofty punt by Cowboys punter Chris Jones appeared to scrape the bottom of the massive video screen hovering over the field at AT&T Stadium in...
Clete Blakeman, Carl Cheffers, Terry McAulay, and Pete Morelli are the referees in the Divisional Playoffs.
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...
NFC Wild Card Playoff Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the Saints-Eagles Wild Card Playoff game from Lincoln Financial...
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...
Some of the officiating news items from Sunday: A couple of puzzling replay reviews: Mike Carey allowed a catch to stand, despite clear evidence the pass...
Football Zebras Roundtable Because of a couple of scheduling conflicts, our Roundtable was delayed. So before we dive into Week 9 action, we are going to...
Football Zebras Roundtable We asked our officiating roundtable to review the Patriots game-winning touchdown for a possible holding foul and a Washington punt with an interesting...
Week 2 of the 2013 NFL season is in the books and, as usual, former NFL vice president for officiating and current FOX Sports officiating analyst...
The NFL, of course, is foisting the storyline and that has to mean that the NFL will promote Thomas next season.