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Check out this chart colleague Mike Sando put together on the difference in the number of penalties on all 32 teams between when replacement officials were calling games and since the regular officials have returned. It's pretty clear the New Orle...

The team that benefited most demonstrably from NFL replacement officials might also be benefiting from their departure. "I don't know why this is the case," Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told 710ESPN Seattle recently, "but since the replace...

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco went on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" to talk about dealing with the replacement officials, the improvements he's made in his game, his contract status and the outlook for the season. One of the biggest changes for F...

Check out the highlights from the Thursday edition of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd." Ravens QB Joe Flacco talks about dealing with the replacement officials, the improvements he's made in his game, his contract status and the outlook for the season....

Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano has drawn the wrath of other coaches and players from other teams in his first NFL season. New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin and some of his players were critical of Schiano for having his defense go all -ut as quarte...

Wednesday, we directed you to an ESPN.com Hot Read on replacement officials. Among other nuggets, Elizabeth Merrill and Wayne Drehs revealed that one former replacement official is back to his original job of working junior varsity eight-man football...

One of the NFL replacement officials at the heart of the most controversial moment of the lockout said that Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has reached out to him.

I don't know whether to feel sympathetic or outraged after reading this week's Hot Read from ESPN's Elizabeth Merrill and Wayne Drehs. The reporters told a behind-the-scenes stories on some of the replacement officials used by the NFL during its rece...

Watching replacement officials botch the end of the infamous Packers-Seahawks Monday night game two weeks ago might have been torturous for Green Bay fans, but it was glorious for a Canadian man, who won a quarter of a million dollars thanks to the result

Pro Football Focus dissects the NFL Power Rankings and explains why the Denver Broncos are underrated and the Cincinnati Bengals are overrated.

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Christopher Harris breaks down Sunday's Week 4 action, including an interesting split in San Diego and a big game from Michael Turner.

Aaron Rodgers threw a go-ahead touchdown to Jordy Nelson in the fourth quarter, and the Green Bay Packers shook off a week's worth of controversy with a rally to beat the New Orleans Saints 28-27 on Sunday.

ATLANTA - I saw a very welcome sight as I walked out of my hotel to head to the Georgia Dome on Sunday morning. A group of men was boarding a shuttle bus. I recognized a few of them. It was the "real" NFL officials, who finalized their labor deal ...

We all know how much credibility the replacement refs cost the NFL. But how much did it actually cost the league? There were a total of 135 replacement officials hired. Seventeen of them were head referees and were paid $3,500 for each game ($28,0...

The NFL will pay its 112 replacement officials this weekend even though they are no longer working games, according to reports.

The NFL handed down only one fine from 16 personal fouls stemming from NFC West teams' final games using replacement officials. The low number was telling. Commissioner Roger Goodell usually metes out fines for such penalties when the league fe...