Immediately after the game, Kevin Seifert of ESPN questioned why the referees pulled the flag. Smith said that he thought there was a potential face-mask penalty on that high hit on the quarterback.

there was no penalty flag thrown on the play. So why didn't Cook get flagged for PI? According to referee Tra Blake, it's because the official who was responsible for making that call didn't ...

No flag was thrown, however, and the Rams were awarded a safety to take a 30-20 lead. They won by that final score. You can watch the entire sequence here. After the game, referee Tra Blake spoke ...

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens will have one of the NFL’s most senior referees on the call Thursday night. Clete Blakeman has the assignment, and this will be the ...

going as far as suggesting the officiating crew order new flags from Amazon, a shameless plug for the "TNF" broadcast network. Martin is an NFL referee. He has been officiating NFL games since the ...

Al Michaels really doesn’t like flags and he made that abundantly clear during the Prime Video “Thursday Night Football” broadcast. Fifteen total flags were thrown in the Cowboys’ 20-15 ...

What would you say you do here? Referees were the talk of “Thursday Night Football” after Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was clearly brought down in his own end zone by the facemask to all ...

The incident began with a verbal altercation, during which Yaghi tapped the boxer with the 40-centimeter (16-inch) assistant referee flag he was holding. The 26-year-old Abdallah pleaded guilty in ...