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Perry Fewell staffs up as part of the Officiating Improvement Plan

Department overhaul is complete as the officials return from break

May 15 is the end of the officiating offseason. There are high expectations for the new NFL officiating leadership

Bills hire John Parry as an officiating specialist

Officiating shakeup continues as VP of replay is out after only 1 season

NFL hires 5 officials and announces Walt Anderson’s new role in officiating

Trailblazing official Maia Chaka is out of the NFL

Former NFL deep official Ron Spitler, involved in controversial 2003 layoff reversal, dies at 86

Ramon George is the new NFL head of officiating, Mark Butterworth is VP of replay

John Parry leaves ESPN

UFL Week 7 officiating assignments

New TV program gives outstanding information about NFL officials

Ufl week 6 officiating assignments.

40 years ago, the USFL had officials the NFL recruited and those cast aside as too old

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Former NFL side judge and Cedar Rapids civic leader Bill Quinby dies at 92

Ufl week 4 officiating assignments.

Rules review video: Touching the pylon, ball carrier down, and targeting with the lights out

Rules review video: Unconventional handoffs, unnecessary roughness, and roughing the passer

Rules review video: Scrimmage kick advancement, targeting, and blocking below the waist

Rules School: Officiating mechanics at the end of the half

Rules review video: Kick catch interference, invalid fair catch signal, and penalty enforcements

Rules review video: Roughing the kicker, forced touching, and kick catch interference

Rules review video: Targeting, replay tools, and an experiment with the kickoff line

Rules review video: Illegal forward pass, illegal touching, and simulated kneeldowns

Rules review video: Defensive pass interference, coaches on the field, and defense re-establishing in bounds

Rules review video: Safeties, replay calling penalties, and kicks over the uprights

‘Exceptional situational awareness’ highlights the Call of the Week

Rules review video: Intentional grounding, targeting, and horse-collar tackles

Great whistle discipline through 2 fumbles is the Call of the Week

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2023 Conference Championship photo album

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2023 Wild Card photo album

Week 18 photo album, 2023

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Week 15 photo album, 2023

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Parry will be an officiating liaison with an NFL team

Walt Anderson stepping down as senior VP of officiating

Happy 95th birthday to the Dean of Referees Jim Tunney

Another busy offseason for nfl officiating.

Line judge Maia Chaka reportedly returning to college football

Competition Committee adds Sean McDermott and Sean McVay, leaving former players underrepresented

Walt Anderson teaches officials to move with purpose. Do the benefits outweigh the issues?

There’s a new VP of replay, but the NFL won’t say who it is

2023 postseason

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3 officiating items in front of the conference championship games

Bill vinovich is the referee for super bowl lviii.

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New umpire mechanic on field goals and extra points is the old mechanic

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Officials told to watch for illegal foreign objects used for FG and XP attempts

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Regional coverage will be seen in primetime Saturday

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Anderson will move into another role in the department

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Rogers Redding, former SEC referee and national coordinator of officials, dies at 81

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United Football League has rules that depart from traditional football

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2020-21 National Football League (NFL) Officiating Roster

The following are the NFL officials for the 2020-21 season. They are listed by uniform number, position, name, hometown and years in the league. Crews have been changed and fluctuate on a weekly basis due to COVID-19.

*indicates new hire due to COVID-19 | ^indicates official opted out of season

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NFL Referee Assignments Week 15: Refs Assigned for Sunday and Monday Games

P layers, coaches, fans, and the media have all spent a lot of time discussing the officiating throughout the season. In the last two weeks, the Kansas City Chiefs have been at the center of discussion about penalties that were called or not called.

In Week 14, there appeared to be a missed pass interference call at the end of the Chiefs’ loss to the Green Bay Packers. In last week’s loss to the Buffalo Bills, Patrick Mahomes was frustrated with an offensive offside call on Kadarius Toney that nullified a go-ahead touchdown.

Mahomes and Chiefs head coach Andy Reid were critical of the call in the postgame news conference, but each acknowledged the call was correct later in the week. Commissioner Roger Goodell discussed the call this week: “I think almost everybody has acknowledged that the officials are absolutely correct. That’s their job to call it a foul.”

NFL Referee Assignments for Week 15

All times Eastern and game day Sunday unless stated otherwise. All penalty stat information is courtesy of NFLPenalties.com .

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers | 1:00 p.m.

Chicago Bears at Cleveland Browns | 1:00 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots| 1:00 p.m.

Shawn Hochuli

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers | 1:00 p.m.

New York Jets at Miami Dolphins | 1:00 p.m.

Brad Rogers

New York Giants at New Orleans Saints | 1:00 p.m.

Carl Cheffers

Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans | 1:00 p.m.

Clete Blakeman

San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals | 4:05 p.m.

Scott Novak

Washington Commanders at Los Angeles Rams | 4:05 p.m.

Dallas Cowboys at Buffalo Bills| 4:25 p.m.

Craig Wrolstad

Baltimore Ravens at Jacksonville Jaguars | 8:20 p.m.

Shawn Smith

Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks | 8:15 p.m. (Monday)

Clay Martin

This season, offensive offside has been called 13 times, with two additional penalties that were declined. The Eagles and Packers have been called twice for offensive offside, which is the most in the NFL. The penalty was called three times last season and one time in 2021, but that was declined.

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There could be a lot of flags in the Cowboys-Bills game, with two of the most penalized teams in the league. Dallas leads the league with 97 penalties, and Buffalo is fifth with 88 called on them. Craig Wrolstad and his crew have called over 11 penalties per game, which is the fifth-lowest in the league.

Each season, officials are assigned to referees from the NFL’s officiating roster . You can see the full crews for the 2023 season in our handy guide.

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The New Orleans Saints’ season opener with the Green Bay Packers will be officiated by referee Carl Cheffers and his crew, per Football Zebras . Cheffers is a 13-year veteran in this role who was the NFL’s handpicked referee for Super Bowl LV. He spent seven years as a side judge prior to his promotion in 2008.

Cheffers recently spent a few days at Saints training camp to help players acclimate. He didn’t officiate a single Saints game in 2020, but New Orleans is 13-2 in games he’s refereed in his career. This Saints-Packers game will be played at a neutral site– TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida — but it’s worth noting Cheffers and his crew called 88 penalties on home teams against 121 on away teams last season.

That total (209) ranked second-highest in the league. Additionally, Cheffers’ crew threw 1.48 more penalty flags per game for 8.7 more penalty yards per game than the NFL average. False starts (42 times, per NFLPenalties.com ) and offensive holding (34) were by far their most common fouls, followed by defensive pass interference (22).

Let’s compare those top three penalties called by Cheffers’ crew against what the Saints and Packers averaged per game last season:

As we can see, the DPI number is a problem — the Saints nearly doubled the NFL average for DPI (9.81) with 19 such penalties on the season, so they’ll have to really watch themselves on Sunday with Cheffers’ flag-happy crew on hand. Here’s hoping for a clean game without any controversial decisions. We can hope, right?

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Thursday, Oct. 21

• Broncos at Browns —  Adrian Hill

Sunday, Oct. 24

• Panthers at Giants  —  Carl Cheffers
• Jets at Patriots  —  Brad Rogers
• Chiefs at Titans  —  Brad Allen
• Washginton at Packers  —  Ron Torbert
• Falcons at Dolphins  —  Scott Novak
• Bengals at Ravens  —  Tony Corrente
• Lions at Rams  —  Bill Vinovich
• Eagles at Raiders  —  Clete Blakeman
• Texans at Cardinals  —  Land Clark
• Bears at Buccaneers  —  Alex Kemp
• Colts at 49ers —  Craig Wrolstad

Monday, Oct. 25

• Saints at Seahawks —  Shawn Hochuli