Then Monday happened which, perhaps, helps the league and its executives understand what has only been whispered in closed-door meetings before:NFL officiating is out of control.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Cincinnati Bengals special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons shouts to an official after the Jacksonville Jaguars kick a field goal in the first quarter of an NFL Week 4 game at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday, Oct.4, 2026.
(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!First a quick reminder about what happened on Monday: The league suspended referee Adrian Hill for one game and line judge Jeff Seeman two games for separate instances of "unprofessional conduct toward a player."Both officials let their emotions get the better of them.
Seeman cursed out Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride and Hill made physical contact with Eric Wilson because he believed the Vikings linebacker knocked him to the turf.(In fact, Wilson was pushed into Hill by a Dolphins player and that's how the ref ended up on his back).Game officials Jeff Seeman, John Hussey, Tony Michalek and Derrick Bowers talk during the first half of the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, on Aug.1, 2024.
(Getty Images)The suspensions were not unprecedented but rare.The last time multiple officials were suspended in the same season, much less on the same day, was in 1968 when six of them got suspended for one game because they all lost track of the downs during a game between the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.In the 58 seasons between then and Monday, only six other officials were suspended by the NFL.That history tells ...