Referee Assignment for AFC Championship Game Could Spell Trouble for Chiefs
Referee assignments should make no difference in playoff games, but it’s 2025, and Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are in the AFC Championship Game, so here we are.
Referee assignments should make no difference in playoff games, but it’s 2025, and Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are in the AFC Championship Game, so here we are.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has benefitted more from baiting tacklers near the sidelines and controversial game-altering calls than any other QB in the NFL, and now he is breaking his silence.
Bills fans and players voiced their frustrations on Sunday after officials missed a blatant pass interference call on Denver’s Pat Surtain II that could have cost Buffalo a touchdown.
The clown car that NFL officiating has become hit another bump on the clown road Sunday after an egregious clock stoppage nearly cost the Washington Commanders a game against the New Orleans Saints.
Longtime NFL play-by-play man Al Michaels spoke for millions of NFL fans Thursday night, when he blasted NFL officials and, by extension, the league, when not one, but two penalties against the Ravens went uncalled on the Bengals 2-point conversion try which would have won them the game.
NFL officiating was (allegedly) supposed to be much better this year. Through three weeks plus one game, that has not been the case.
In a welcome rule change that will likely have huge impacts on the outcomes of games, the NFL is going to allow the replay assistant to review plays involving roughing the passer and intentional grounding.
Are you angry with NFL officials for not calling holding enough? Well, J.J. Watt has a solution. Make holding a much less significant penalty.
Bill Leavy, a longtime referee who officiated multiple Super Bowls and became one of the most instantly recognizable faces among NFL referees, died this week, according to NFL Senior VP of Officiating Walt Coleman.
Tom Brady knows a thing or two about NFL officiating, and he believes he has an idea that could improve the situation.
Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes believes there’s a way to improve NFL officiating, and that way is already inside the football.
NFL Hall-of-Famer Ray Lewis is so troubled by the number of penalties in the NFL that he had to turn off the Super Bowl.
The National Football League (NFL) has announced the hire of the first black female official in league history.
New Orleans Saints fans threw garbage at the referees in disgust, after their team’s wild-card game loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The Saints were once again robbed on a crucial pass interference call late in a crucial game, except this time replay couldn’t have helped them out.
If the NFL listens to any one person, that one person would appear to be Tom Brady. Three days after the future Hall of Fame quarterback complained on Twitter about the number of penalties in the Thursday Night Football game between the Titans and Jaguars, the league saw a precipitous drop in holding penalties.
According to reports, the referees who officiated at Sunday’s controversial NFC Championship game between the L.A. Rams and the New Orleans Saints were harassed so much they had to change hotels as a security measure.
An eye care center in Louisiana has offered the National Football League’s referees free eye exams, after the controversial blown call that led to the New Orleans Saints losing the NFC Championship Game on Sunday.
One of the constant conversation topics among fans and media this season, has been how NFL officials have impacted the game more than ever.