A referee who calls more penalties for defensive holding and roughing the passer has a far different impact on game flow than a ref who focuses more on offensive holding and false starts. Referee style one week may hide a team's weakness (defensive backs), but a different official who lean...
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Referees aren’t perfect and often important plays can be misjudged. This is why the coach’s challenge exists to prevent bad calls from ruining a game’s outcome. NFL head coaches are allowed a limited number of challenges that they must ration throughout the game. This is why calling a ...
BOSTON -- It feels like it's been a while since America has gotten a full-fledged botch job from an NFL officiating crew on a prime-time game. Referee Brad Allen and his officiating crew in Green Bay made up for that absence in spades on Sunday night. While officiating any sport...
On Monday night, it seemed like referee Clete Blakeman was right, rules analyst John Parry was wrong, and Walt Anderson was right. You see the problem here, yes? Rules are black-and-white, but they're always interpreted in different ways. And the "experts" often have disagreement...
has since said he's gotten over that game.But Leavy hasn't."I know that I did my best at that time, but it wasn't good enough," said the retired police officer and firefighter in San Jose, Calif., who became an NFL referee in 2001. "When we make mistakes, you got to step up...
That might be the worst roughing the passer call in the history of roughing the passer calls. — Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove)October 15, 2024 A.J. Epenesa with his second sack of the night - again on third down - but it's negated by a roughing the passer penalty. This referee crew...
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Not in the sense that the calls are bad or blown; but in the way officials so frequently and inelegantly intervene in the game. They are full on participants. And nobody wants to see it. As an entertainment product, pro football is significantly harmed by referee interference. If I were...
To better understand the insight teams have been developing this summer -- you know they aren't sharing it publicly -- we picked the brain of retired NFL referee and current ESPN officiating analyst John Parry. Defensive backs, Parry believes, will be disproportionately impacted...