As we saw first-hand during the divisional round of the 2025 playoffs, an officiating call has the power to make or break an NFL game. And no NFL game is more important than the Super Bowl. So of course, the NFL takes a little extra care in selecting the ...

NFL referees have been under fire throughout the 2025–26 season. It has often felt as though officials were deciding games, leaving fans around the league calling for reform this offseason. While a controversial call in the regular season can go viral, a ...

Walt Anderson, who doesn’t appear in the link to the members of the NFL’s football operations team, had been the Senior V.P. of Officiating. In April 2024, the NFL announced that Anderson “is transitioning to a new role as NFL rules analyst and club communications liaison .”