This is Blakemans 12th postseason assignment, including 4 Wild Card Playoffs, 4 Divisional Playoffs, 3 Conference Championships, and Super Bowl 50. 2023 USFL playoffs Assignments by Ben Austro - June 23, 2023 1 The USFL postseason is underway with a two-game playoff to determine the teams that will play for the 2023 USFL championship. This season, there are 12 new officials to replace 12 that retired or quit or were otherwise not retained. Mark Butterworth will serve as the replay official. This will mark the third time that Cheffers has been the referee for a Super Bowl. Teams were required to be under the salary cap using the "top 51" definition (in which the 51 highest paid-players on the team's payroll must have a combined salary cap). NFL Referee This is his first head coaching position; he previously served as the Baltimore Ravens special team coordinator for 11 seasons. Although the Chiefs have an impressive record with Cheffers, fans in Kansas City likely won't be thrilled to see him on Super Bowl Sunday. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. NFC West at AFC South, Highlights of the 2023 season are planned to include (unless otherwise noted), specific teams and kickoff times was announced on May 11, 2023:[49][50], As part of new media agreements that were signed by the networks in 2021, the league's flexible scheduling system expands this season to include Monday Night Football games, and increase the amount of cross-flexing (switching) of Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox. [133][134] NFL+ will continue to simulcast all local and national primetime regular season games on mobile devices, all out of market preseason games live (national games for mobile devices only), along with replays of all games. Copyright 2023 Equity Creative Group, LLC, Blakeman, Torbert, Hochuli, and Hussey are Divisional Playoff referees, 5 officiating notes from the divisional playoffs, AFC Divisional Playoff liveblog: Bills at Chiefs, NFC Divisional Playoff liveblog: Rams at Buccaneers, NFC Divisional Playoff liveblog: 49ers at Packers, AFC Divisional Playoff liveblog: Bengals at Titans, retired director of operations and management, superintendent, juvenile correctional facility, retired sales manager, former full-time official. Referee: Shawn HochuliUmpire: Paul KingDown judge: Danny ShortLine judge: Greg BradleyField judge: Terry BrownSide judge: Chad HillBack judge: Greg MeyerReplay official: Tyler CerimeliReplay assistant: Mark BitarALT: Brad AllenALT: Tab SlaughterALT: Patrick HoltALT: Anthony FlemmingALT: Tony Josselyn. 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This is his eighth season covering NFL officiating for Football Zebras. The USFL postseason is underway with a two-game playoff to determine the teams that will play for the 2023 USFL championship. It is estimated that Brad Allen, the 2nd highest-paid ref in the NFL during the 2021-2022 season, earned $250,000, which includes his per-game bonuses. Notably for the Bengals and Bills, according to data compiled bySharp Football Analysis, Cheffers has led the NFL in penalties per game in each of the last two years. Cam is in his third season as a high school football official. [127][128][129] For 2023, flex scheduling has also been expanded to Thursday Night Football on a one year trial. We now This will be the final week that these crews work together. 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Commentary NBC will stream one exclusive national game on Peacock per season. Previously, an official needed to officiate three postseason games on the field in this five year span to be eligible. This is his first head coaching position at any level. Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023: Ranking the 28 semifinalists I love the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Michael Owens/Getty Images On Monday, the NFL officially assigned its officiating crews for the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The winners of those games will advance to the Conference Championship games scheduled for January 28. Keim stepped down on January 9 for health-related reasons. Sign up for the Eagles Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. As Tier 1 officials are assigned to the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, those crews can be more accurately referred to as all-star crews. Reich was fired on November 7, 2022, after starting the season 351 (.389). 3 referees and 5 non-referees are qualified for the Super Bowl for the first time this season. Assignments Super Bowl LVII will be kicking off from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12 in a game that will be televised on Fox. Back in Week 5, Chris Jones got called for a roughing the passer on Derek Carr even though he had stripped the ball away from the Raiders quarterback (You can see the play here). [82], Steichen, who spent the previous two seasons as the Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator, was hired on February 14. There arent major rule changes this year, but there are several tweaks regarding timing, penalty NFL World Reacts To Monday's Officiating Announcement ", "2023 NFL Schedule release: Bills-Jets in MNF opener; Raiders-Chiefs on Christmas Day", "Shad Khan: Jaguars are committed to long-term London connection", "NFL Schedule Release 2023 Leaks: What are the international games for 2023? Enshrinement of Art McNally Plays resulting in a turnover on downs were added to the list of booth reviewable plays (not challengeable by coaches). This is Torberts 9th postseason assignment, including 3 Wild Card Playoffs and 6 Divisional Playoffs. In 5+ seasons with the Colts, Reich was 40331 (.547), with 2 wild card playoff appearances and a playoff record of 12 (.333). Hussey is in his 21st season as an official and 8th as a referee. [61][62][63] In May 2023, league owners then passed flex scheduling rules for Thursday Night Football as well, only as a trial basis for this season, and they would only carry over to 2024 if no TNF games are flexed in 2023. Which NFL Playoff Teams Could Fail to Make the Postseason in Cam is in his third season as a high school football official. After a 14 start, Rhule was fired on October 10, 2022, after 2+ seasons with the team. Conference In the Divisional round, scheduled for January 2021, the top seed in the conference will play the lowest remaining seed and the other two remaining teams will play each other. John Hussey is the referee, who is in his 20th season and 7th as referee. Thats probably going to continue in Buffalo, where the Bengals will want a comfortable enough lead to distance themselves from Allen, which would remove the officiating factor, anyway. Cam Filipe is a forensic scientist from Massachusetts and has been involved in football officiating for 11 years. Referee assignments, preseason week 3 Football Zebras Michigan Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Maulers from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton, Ohio. 2023 NFL season - Wikipedia He was the AP NFL Coach of the Year in 2006. Compass Media, ESPN Radio and Sports USA will continue to broadcast select Sunday afternoon games nationally on radio. Cheffers other game with Kansas City came in Week 15 when the Texans took took the Chiefs to overtime. [121] Changes beginning this regular season include the following:[122][61][123][124], This will be the second season of a 12-year deal with Amazon Prime Video and Twitch to broadcast Thursday Night Football. Look: AFC, NFC Championship Referee Assignments Revealed Pittsburgh vs. Michigan is a particularly compelling matchup, with both sides fielding new coaches this season. There are also 2 veterans designated as swing officials, both at the umpire position, who will move between crews through the season. Sunday, Jan. 23 NFC Divisional: Rams at Buccaneers, 3:00 p.m. NBC Peacock Shawn Hochuli is the referee, who is in his 8th season and 4th as referee. NFC North vs NFC South, Four interconference games Who are the locks in a crowded WR group to make the Eagles' 53-man roster? [68], Week 18: Two games with playoff implications are planned to be moved to Saturday, January 6, at 4:30p.m. and 8:15p.m. Cephus, Moore, and Toney can apply for reinstatement after one year, although reports indicated Detroit released both of its players who were suspended indefinitely. In 2008, he was promoted to referee and he's been doing that ever since. What are the Week 18 NFL referee assignments as 16 of the 17 refs and their crews look to put their case forward for officiating playoff games? Here's a look at how the Eaglesand Chiefs have fared over the past five years when Cheffers has served as the ref in one of their games (stats via Pro Football Reference). This is his first head coaching position at any level. Line judge Maia Chaka is the only first-year official this season, and there are no new referees, thus making Chaka the only playoff-ineligible official on the roster. Launching from one foot to attack an opponent became illegal, changing the current rule of both feet. During his tenure, the team was 28371 (.432), with one playoff appearance and no playoff wins. AFC East vs AFC West [143] DirecTV declined to renew its exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, which it held since the package's debut in 1994. Some familiar names join the league, Big Sky and United Athletic conferences have new football officiating coordinators, Competition Committee wants to fix penalty quirks and redefine launching, Teams toss out 9 new rules proposals hoping some will stick. [135], The 2023 season will be the second season of scheduling three games on Christmas Day, consisting of a doubleheader split between CBS and Fox, and that week's Monday Night Football contest (which will exclusively air on ABC due to ESPNs coverage of NBA Christmas games). In 15 seasons with the New Orleans Saints, he compiled an overall record of 15289 (.631), with nine playoff appearances, seven NFC South division titles, and a Super Bowl championship. Conference Championship officials, including the referee, must have at least 3 years of experience and a prior playoff assignment. (1) Pittsburgh Maulers 31, (2) Michigan Panthers 27, OT, (1) Birmingham Stallions 47, (2) New Orleans Breakers 22. NFC North at AFC North Typically, a second Super Bowl official at each position is selected in the event of an injury or major controversy in the Divisional Round. [88], This will be the first season under new 11-year U.S. media rights agreements with CBS, Fox, NBC, and ESPN/ABC, renewing their existing regular season AFC, NFC, Sunday Night Football, and Monday Night Football packages, respectively, through the 2033 season. Photo Gallery. [83], Ossenfort was hired on January 16. [84], Warren was hired on January 12. NFC East vs NFC West The season is planned to be played over an 18-week schedule beginning on September 7. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | The Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills will have referee Carl Cheffers and his crew on the call for Sundays divisional round playoff game. The Super Bowl assignment would be selected from the Tier 1 officials, but these minimum qualifications apply: As part of the new five-tier assignment system, Super Bowl eligibility qualifications for non-referees have changed slightly. section: | slug: looking-at-the-2023-super-bowl-referee-heres-how-chiefs-and-eagles-have-fared-with-him-over-past-five-years | sport: football | route: article_single.us | The USFL postseason is Which refs have been assigned prime-time games this week, and which officials will call the 16 games this week? New crews will be assembled for the playoffs, and then things will be moved around for the 2023 season. While the basis of the tiers remains the same championship level officials, playoff qualified officials, and not playoff qualified language has been expanded across five levels. The only time the Eagles saw Cheffers this year came in Week 18 when they beat the Giants 22-16. Patriots vs. Bills | Brad Allen In his eighth season as an NFL referee, Allen will direct his fourth postseason game and third Wild Card Weekend matchup. Cincinnatis game with the most penalties called against them this year? On February 7, 2023, the NFL announced a new deal with DAZN to become the worldwide rightsholder of its NFL Game Pass streaming service outside of the U.S. and China. The Pittsburgh Maulers are hosting the Michigan Panthers at their putative home field in Canton, Ohio. NFL Referee Assignments Super Bowl LVII & Their Impact on NFL AFC North vs NFC West According to the NFL, the rest of Cheffers' crew for the game will be umpire Roy Ellison, down judge Jerod Phillips, field judge John Jenkins, line judge Jeff Bergman, side judge Eugene Hall and back judge Dino Paganelli. Procedures for assigning mixed crews for the NFL playoffs NFL Playoff There are noall-star crewsin the first two rounds of the playoffs;mixed crewsis a more accurate term. The referee assignments for the AFC and NFC Championship Games pic.twitter.com/ielLP022iK, NFL Officiating (@NFLOfficiating) January 23, 2023. Getting tabbed to ref two Super Bowls in three seasons is almost unheard of. Both Pittsburgh and Michigan finished the regular season below .500 at 4-6, making it out of a three-way tie with the Philadelphia Stars. Free agency began on March 15. AFC East vs NFC East The officiating assignments for Super Bowl LVII have officially been handed out and the NFL will be going with veteran Carl Cheffers to serve as referee in the game. In that game, the Eagles were called for just four penalties, compared to eight for the Giants. Super Bowl LVI, Outside the Stripes Jaguars-Chiefs referee: Officiating crew for Divisional round game All Rights Reserved. As the 2022 preseason comes to a close, referee Shawn Hochuli will lead his crew for the Thursday night game between the In order to qualify for any postseason assignment, an official must not be in their first season or their first season as referee. For the Panthers, it is Mike Nolan at the helm, while the Maulers have Ray Horton on the sideline. [70], Gannon, who spent the previous two seasons as the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator, was hired on February 14. [137][138][139] ESPN will be entering its third year of their five-year deal for the Monday night Wild Card game,[123][124][140] and the remaining two Sunday afternoon games will be carried by CBS and Fox. The season is planned to begin on September 7, 2023, with defending Super Bowl LVII champion Kansas City hosting Detroit in the NFL Kickoff Game, and end on January 7, 2024. 76 for Cincinnati, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Coleman was injured and could not officiate in the playoffs in 2015, and Thomas was injured in 2016. This is Hochulis 6th postseason assignment, including a Wild Card Playoff and 5 Divisional Playoffs. Cam Filipe is a forensic scientist from Massachusetts and has been involved in football officiating for 11 years. Here's what to know about the 2023 USFL playoffs: The USFL playoff bracket will consist of two single elimination matchups in the first round that will functionally serve as a division championship. This provision is included in the collective bargaining agreement with the officials union signed in 2012, and was kept in the 2019 collective bargaining agreement. However, at the time of publication, all three of these officials have been assigned to the 2021 Wild Card Playoff round, and are out of contention for Super Bowl LVI assignments. NFL Jan 23, 2023 The NFC Championship and AFC Championship matchups are set, and so are the referee assignments. 7', Eagles star OT reveals hardest pass rushers to block, Leonard Fournette escapes burning SUV on the road, Belichick on NFL coach he would have liked to work with, Super Bowl LVII ref: How Chiefs, Eagles fared with him, Top 25 NFL players 25 and under: Young stars ranked, Ranking top 10 LBs: Warner has it covered, Former Arkansas, NFL QB Ryan Mallett dies at 35, Carr: Once Raiders 'made my wife cry, it was over', Ex-NFL GM says these five players have most to prove, Belichick reveals 1 coach he would've liked to work with. 2023 NFL NFC Wild Card: Cowboys at Buccaneers, 8:15 P.M. ABC ESPN ESPN2 ESPN+ New Orleans Breakers at Birmingham Stallions at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala. Recap of the actions at the 2023 Spring meetings, Ben Austro is the editor and founder of Football Zebras and the author of So You Think You Know Football? They additionally had enough alternate assignments to make them eligible. Moore, four draft picks", "Jets trading WR Elijah Moore, third-round pick to Browns for second-round pick", "Allen Robinson passes physical making the trade from the Rams to Steelers official", "Sources: Packers trade Aaron Rodgers to Jets for multiple picks", "Lions trade RB D'Andre Swift to Eagles for future fourth-round pick", "Vikings trading pass rusher Za'Darius Smith to Browns", "Tom Brady says he's retiring 'for good' after 23 seasons in NFL with Buccaneers, Patriots", "A.J. The referee assignments are set for this weekend's NFC and AFC Championship Games. All Rights Reserved. The NFC is much weaker than the AFC, so there might be a bigger chance for some shocking teams to break out and make the Hackett was fired on December 26, 2022, after a 411 (.267) tenure, missing the playoffs in his only partial season with the team. For all non-referees who meet the five-year tenure requirement, but have not worked a Conference Championship game, three playoff-qualifying seasons in the previous five years will count as qualified for the Super Bowl. However, it was traded to Carolina, who selected quarterback Bryce Young out of Alabama. The Chiefs also saw Cheffers in Super Bowl LV, a game where they were penalized for 120 yards. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. He was previously the Tennessee Titans' director of player personnel from 20202022. Below is the full officiating crew for the Jaguars-Chiefs game.
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