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Week 8 referee assignments
by Football Zebras staff • October 27, 2015
Thursday, Oct. 29
Jerome Leonard Boger (/ˈboʊɡər/boh-gǝr; born 1955) is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2004 NFL season. He wears uniform number 23 since 2006; before that, he wore uniform number 109. He started in the league as a line judge and was promoted to referee in 2006 after two seasons. Boger became the third African-American referee in the NFL after Johnny Grier (1988), who previously wore uniform number 23, and Mike Carey (1995).
During a 2011 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and St. Louis Rams, Boger was announcing a holding penalty against Rams' offensive tackle Harvey Dahl, when his open microphone picked up Dahl proclaiming "That's not fucking holding!" The obscenity was not only broadcast to the crowd at the Edward Jones Dome, but to the television audience watching on CBS as well. Dahl was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for his profane rant.
Boger's crew was involved in two controversial calls during a St. Louis Rams–San Francisco 49ers game at Levi's Stadium on November 2, 2014. Just before halftime, Rams' return specialist Tavon Austin attempted to run back a missed 55-yard field goal attempt by 49ers' kicker Phil Dawson from out of the end zone, and after crossing the goal line, he was tackled at the 1-yard line by the 49ers' Derek Carrier, and into the end zone for what was nearly a safety.
However, Boger explained: "The ruling on the field was that the ball carrier (Austin) brought the ball out onto the field of play, and that there was contact by the defender (Carrier) that forced him back into the end zone." Near the end of the game, with the 49ers trailing 13–10 and out of timeouts, quarterback Colin Kaepernick attempted a quarterback sneak at the Rams' 1-yard line for a potential game-winning touchdown.
However, Kaepernick fumbled the snap before the football broke the plane of the goal line under a pile of players. Boger ruled that there was nothing on the replay that could change the original ruling on the field, in which the Rams recovered the fumble.
Boger's 2015 NFL officiating crew consists of umpire Rich Hall, head linesman John McGrath, line judge Jeff Seeman, field judge Dave Meslow, side judge Walt Coleman IV, and back judgeTony Steratore.
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This is from a Jets site from last season. Apparently they were not happy with Boger and his crew. Click the link below to watch the gifs.
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http://www.ganggreennation.com/2014...errible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-officiating
Jerome Boger and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Officiating
By Scott Salmon @ScottSalmon48 on Sep 23, 2014
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Complaining about the officiating in a football game is a tricky proposition. Calls go both ways, and a game should never come down to officiating. Blame the officiating for your loss, and you're a whiner. As a result, I want to make a few things very clear. The first is that the New York Jets lost this game for a multitude of reasons, in large part due to self-inflicted wounds. You can't win with pick-sixes, fumbled punts, and dropped interceptions.
The second is that the officiating was, in particular, fairly terrible. I don't mean to suggest that the Jets did not receive any favorable calls; of course they did, for example, the questionable fourth down challenge on the final drive. But a few of the calls made against them were particularly harmful, and I believe, wrong. They were the calls referees make when they're in over their head, and that's exactly what happened to Jerome Boger against the Chicago Bears. Officiating is a part of the game, and as a result, it should be scrutinized as such.
For some context, you should read up about Boger, who many believe is one of the worst referees in the league. As David Harris said after the game, "What else is new? It seems like we’re playing against two teams out there sometimes.’’
There were three plays that I would like to highlight, although there are certainly more, such a delay of game that should have been called on Jay Cutler:
1. Defensive Pass Interference called on Darrin Walls
I slowed this GIF down as much as I could, but it's still a little hard to see. In this play, Walls was called for defensive pass interference against Alshon Jeffery. If you watch carefully, you'll see Walls' torso twisted to his right. The reason for this is because Jeffery had a firm grasp on his arm and was pulling him back. While Walls made a play on the ball, he was held, and that's why this flag shouldn't have been thrown, or if it had to be, on Jeffery.
2. Forced Fumble on Jay Cutler
In this play, Harris sacked Cutler and forced a fumble, which Demario Davis recovered. Davis ran to the end zone for a touchdown, but it was called back because the referee blew his whistle. This goes against league protocol, which is for the referees to let it play out. Why? Because they can call a touchdown back whenever, but once the whistle is blown, Davis can't advance the ball. It should have been six points the other way.
According to Harris, "In that situation the referee has got to let the play go on. He blew the whistle quick. What can you do about it? The play’s over. It could’ve been a game-changing play, but the referee blew the whistle. What can you do?" Davis continued, "I knew it was a fumble. And it should’ve been a touchdown. I talked to a couple of referees before [Monday]. They’re supposed to let the play stay open. They’re taught to call that a fumble because you always can review it, but if you call it dead the play dies there. That came back to bite us in the butt. But we haven’t had the best officiating in games. But it comes with the territory. But that’s not an excuse... It should’ve been a touchdown. If they wouldn’t have blown it dead it would’ve been a touchdown. In my mind it was a touchdown. But you can’t change that.’’
3. No Defensive Pass Interference called on Brock Vereen
It's essentially the last play of the game, and the Jets can tie it up with a score and a two-point conversion. As Jeremy Kerley goes up for the ball, I want you to look at Vereen's positioning. He isn't facing the ball, he is purely focused on the receiver. This is textbook defensive pass interference. Apparently, it wasn't called because the ball was not catchable. First, Kerley did in fact catch the ball. Second, he caught the ball as he was over the line to go out of bounds. If he wasn't interfered with, it isn't unreasonable to think he could have come down in bounds with it. It certainly wasn't uncatchable.
Bad calls are ultimately going to happen. There's nothing you can do about it. Make no mistake, the Jets shot themselves in the foot more than enough to lose this game. However, the officiating shouldn't be so blatantly awful as to have a significantly measurable effect on the game. In this matchup, they did, and that's Jerome Boger's fault.
Week 8 referee assignments
by Football Zebras staff • October 27, 2015
Thursday, Oct. 29
- Dolphins at Patriots CBS NFLN — Pete Morelli
- Lions vs. Chiefs (London), 9:30 a.m. EST FOX — Jeff Triplette
- Buccaneers at Falcons — Ron Torbert
- Chargers at Ravens — Gene Steratore
- Vikings at Bears — John Hussey
- Cardinals at Browns — Walt Coleman
- Titans at Texans — Clete Blakeman
- Giants at Saints — Craig Wrolstad
- Bengals at Steelers — Tony Corrente
- 49ers at Rams — Jerome Boger
- Jets at Raiders — Ed Hochuli
- Seahawks at Cowboys — Carl Cheffers
- Packers at Broncos NBC — John Parry
- Colts at Panthers ESPN — Bill Vinovich
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Boger
Jerome Leonard Boger (/ˈboʊɡər/boh-gǝr; born 1955) is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2004 NFL season. He wears uniform number 23 since 2006; before that, he wore uniform number 109. He started in the league as a line judge and was promoted to referee in 2006 after two seasons. Boger became the third African-American referee in the NFL after Johnny Grier (1988), who previously wore uniform number 23, and Mike Carey (1995).
During a 2011 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and St. Louis Rams, Boger was announcing a holding penalty against Rams' offensive tackle Harvey Dahl, when his open microphone picked up Dahl proclaiming "That's not fucking holding!" The obscenity was not only broadcast to the crowd at the Edward Jones Dome, but to the television audience watching on CBS as well. Dahl was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for his profane rant.
Boger's crew was involved in two controversial calls during a St. Louis Rams–San Francisco 49ers game at Levi's Stadium on November 2, 2014. Just before halftime, Rams' return specialist Tavon Austin attempted to run back a missed 55-yard field goal attempt by 49ers' kicker Phil Dawson from out of the end zone, and after crossing the goal line, he was tackled at the 1-yard line by the 49ers' Derek Carrier, and into the end zone for what was nearly a safety.
However, Boger explained: "The ruling on the field was that the ball carrier (Austin) brought the ball out onto the field of play, and that there was contact by the defender (Carrier) that forced him back into the end zone." Near the end of the game, with the 49ers trailing 13–10 and out of timeouts, quarterback Colin Kaepernick attempted a quarterback sneak at the Rams' 1-yard line for a potential game-winning touchdown.
However, Kaepernick fumbled the snap before the football broke the plane of the goal line under a pile of players. Boger ruled that there was nothing on the replay that could change the original ruling on the field, in which the Rams recovered the fumble.
Boger's 2015 NFL officiating crew consists of umpire Rich Hall, head linesman John McGrath, line judge Jeff Seeman, field judge Dave Meslow, side judge Walt Coleman IV, and back judgeTony Steratore.
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This is from a Jets site from last season. Apparently they were not happy with Boger and his crew. Click the link below to watch the gifs.
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http://www.ganggreennation.com/2014...errible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-officiating
Jerome Boger and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Officiating
By Scott Salmon @ScottSalmon48 on Sep 23, 2014
Complaining about the officiating in a football game is a tricky proposition. Calls go both ways, and a game should never come down to officiating. Blame the officiating for your loss, and you're a whiner. As a result, I want to make a few things very clear. The first is that the New York Jets lost this game for a multitude of reasons, in large part due to self-inflicted wounds. You can't win with pick-sixes, fumbled punts, and dropped interceptions.
The second is that the officiating was, in particular, fairly terrible. I don't mean to suggest that the Jets did not receive any favorable calls; of course they did, for example, the questionable fourth down challenge on the final drive. But a few of the calls made against them were particularly harmful, and I believe, wrong. They were the calls referees make when they're in over their head, and that's exactly what happened to Jerome Boger against the Chicago Bears. Officiating is a part of the game, and as a result, it should be scrutinized as such.
For some context, you should read up about Boger, who many believe is one of the worst referees in the league. As David Harris said after the game, "What else is new? It seems like we’re playing against two teams out there sometimes.’’
There were three plays that I would like to highlight, although there are certainly more, such a delay of game that should have been called on Jay Cutler:
1. Defensive Pass Interference called on Darrin Walls
I slowed this GIF down as much as I could, but it's still a little hard to see. In this play, Walls was called for defensive pass interference against Alshon Jeffery. If you watch carefully, you'll see Walls' torso twisted to his right. The reason for this is because Jeffery had a firm grasp on his arm and was pulling him back. While Walls made a play on the ball, he was held, and that's why this flag shouldn't have been thrown, or if it had to be, on Jeffery.
2. Forced Fumble on Jay Cutler
In this play, Harris sacked Cutler and forced a fumble, which Demario Davis recovered. Davis ran to the end zone for a touchdown, but it was called back because the referee blew his whistle. This goes against league protocol, which is for the referees to let it play out. Why? Because they can call a touchdown back whenever, but once the whistle is blown, Davis can't advance the ball. It should have been six points the other way.
According to Harris, "In that situation the referee has got to let the play go on. He blew the whistle quick. What can you do about it? The play’s over. It could’ve been a game-changing play, but the referee blew the whistle. What can you do?" Davis continued, "I knew it was a fumble. And it should’ve been a touchdown. I talked to a couple of referees before [Monday]. They’re supposed to let the play stay open. They’re taught to call that a fumble because you always can review it, but if you call it dead the play dies there. That came back to bite us in the butt. But we haven’t had the best officiating in games. But it comes with the territory. But that’s not an excuse... It should’ve been a touchdown. If they wouldn’t have blown it dead it would’ve been a touchdown. In my mind it was a touchdown. But you can’t change that.’’
3. No Defensive Pass Interference called on Brock Vereen
It's essentially the last play of the game, and the Jets can tie it up with a score and a two-point conversion. As Jeremy Kerley goes up for the ball, I want you to look at Vereen's positioning. He isn't facing the ball, he is purely focused on the receiver. This is textbook defensive pass interference. Apparently, it wasn't called because the ball was not catchable. First, Kerley did in fact catch the ball. Second, he caught the ball as he was over the line to go out of bounds. If he wasn't interfered with, it isn't unreasonable to think he could have come down in bounds with it. It certainly wasn't uncatchable.
Bad calls are ultimately going to happen. There's nothing you can do about it. Make no mistake, the Jets shot themselves in the foot more than enough to lose this game. However, the officiating shouldn't be so blatantly awful as to have a significantly measurable effect on the game. In this matchup, they did, and that's Jerome Boger's fault.
