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SAN FRANCISCO -- Jerome Boger is the referee assigned to the San Francisco 49ers' divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday. Boger is working with an all-star crew, customary for the playoffs. Regular-season crew tend...

LANDOVER, Md. -- A few thoughts from the FedEx Field press box as the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins warm up on the field about 30 yards away: Peter Morelli is the referee. The Redskins have to hope officials watch closely for the aggre...

SEATTLE -- Carl Cheffers, the referee assigned to work the Arizona-Seattle game Sunday, was the same one presiding over two controversial scoring plays earlier this season. Cheffers' crew incorrectly allowed a Carolina touchdown to stand during th...

A few wrap-up thoughts while en route from San Francisco, site of the 49ers' 13-6 victory over the Seattle Seahawks: This game was the second of the season featuring an unusual officiating or coaching sequence that benefited bookmakers. Both coin...

2009-12 Defensive Holds on DTs, NTs Rank Referee Pen. 1 Jerome Boger 9 2 Bill Leavy 4 2 Ron Winter 4 4 Carl Cheffers 3 4 Scott Green 3 4 Tony Corrente 3 7 Don Carey 2 ...

Wayne Elliott, the referee for the Seattle-Green Bay game featuring Golden Tate's disputed touchdown, offers new information during an interview with "Inside the NFL" on Showtime. Among the highlights from Elliott: Elliott thought the ruling f...

With regular officials back this week, I've put together a chart showing where veteran referee Mike Carey's crew ranks in common penalty calls over the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Carey has been assigned to work the game Sunday between the Seattle Seah...

Labor peace on the officiating front means NFL teams can go back to despising the regular officials. How sweet. Some fans have asked which referees will be working the various NFC West games in Week 4. I don't know the answers yet. Teams genera...

Count Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald among the many NFL players hoping regular officials return for games in Week 4. Fitzgerald, speaking on ESPN in the video above, said replacement officials have applied inconsistent standards for p...

The NFL has issued the following statement regarding Golden Tate's winning touchdown reception for Seattle against Green Bay on Monday night: In Monday's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, Seattle faced a 4th-and-10 from the Gre...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Officials erred Sunday when they failed to charge the Seattle Seahawks with a timeout following receiver Doug Baldwin's injury with 47 seconds remaining. Replacement referee Bruce Hermansen initially announced having charged Sea...

The latest NFC West chat has passed, but there's more. Clay from Charlotte raised an interesting question about Week 1 and officiating. "Have you heard anything from the teams instructing players to take advantage of replacement refs?" he asked...

My recent call for restraint in ripping the NFL's replacement officials took a hit when the San Francisco 49ers' Jim Harbaugh all but mocked officials during a recent preseason game. OK, so the replacements aren't exactly inspiring confidence thes...

Larry Fitzgerald craned for a better view of the Arizona Cardinals' offense as the Hall of Fame Game reached its final few minutes. The Pro Bowl receiver could have moved closer to the action, but that would have prevented him from posing for pict...

What comes to mind after the NFL announced it would seek replacement officials in the absence of a new labor agreement with the NFL Referees Association: There's plenty of time for a resolution. We're 96 days away from the regular-season opener. ...

INDIANAPOLIS - Watch out for offensive holding penalties in Super Bowl XLVI. Officials have called only eight penalties for holding on offensive plays during the postseason, six of them against the NFC champion New York Giants. Three of the six we...