The conspiracy about NFL referees serving to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs has been one of many foremost dialog subjects main as much as Tremendous Bowl LIX.
FOX Sports activities guidelines analyst and former vice chairman of officiating for the NFL, Mike Pereira, joined “Fox & Pals” on Friday to weigh in on the dialogue.
“I imply I feel I’d say what [NFL Commissioner] Roger Goodell mentioned, which I attempt to not use harsh phrases. I perceive why they suppose that, as a result of the numbers level that totally different and the iffy calls appear to have gone the Chiefs means, however to suppose that there’s intent is de facto ridiculous and that’s the time period that Roger used,” Pereira mentioned.
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Fox Sports activities School and NFL guidelines knowledgeable Mike Pereira throughout a Fox Sports activities media get together upfront of Tremendous Bowl LIX. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Photos)
“The officers are out simply to handle the sport, they usually need to make choices in a single twenty sixth of a second, and they also don’t have time to consider who made the foul, what colour the crew is. And so actually, I perceive the priority but it surely actually gained’t have an effect on the best way they officiate this weekend.”
Pereira mentioned the Chiefs had been a terrific crew and that they educate penalty prevention to their gamers. Their variety of false begins is much less, and penalties of that ilk the crew works on eliminating.
Pereira talked about how NFL groups will put together for crews, however it’s a little bit totally different to arrange for the Tremendous Bowl crew.
“You recognize that is totally different too, as a result of groups do put together for crews, however this isn’t a crew, that is an all-star crew. So that they’ve come from seven totally different crews, so it’s sort of not possible to evaluate the place they may lean,” Pereira mentioned.
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NFL referee Ron Torbert through the Cincinnati Bengals sport towards the Los Angeles Rams in Tremendous Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Ron Torbert would be the head referee for Tremendous Bowl LIX. He additionally was the lead referee for Tremendous LVI, when the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals.
The umpire is Mike Morton, Max Causey is the down choose, Mark Stewart is the road choose, Mearl Robison is the sector choose, Boris Cheek the facet choose, Jonah Monroe the again choose and Kevin Brown is the replay official.
Cheek is the one different official with Tremendous Bowl expertise apart from Torbert, as he has officiated in three different Tremendous Bowls.
With so many referees within the NFL, Pereira mentioned it was arduous to count on actual consistency throughout all calls.
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Referee Carl Cheffers places his hand on the again of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, #15, within the first quarter of the AFC Championship sport between the Buffalo Payments and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Jan. 26, 2025 at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire)
“Look, the parity by way of variety of fouls known as this yr is nearer than I feel I’ve ever seen it earlier than. However you may have totally different, you may have 128 folks, they don’t have the identical judgment. So it is arduous to show consistency or to count on consistency throughout.”
There’s one factor Pereira desires to see from the officers within the massive sport.
“All I care is, you understand what, is that they name within the fourth quarter the identical means they name the best way within the first quarter.”
With that being mentioned, Pereira mentioned he doesn’t wish to discuss through the broadcast in any respect.
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“I hope you don’t hear me, I hope you don’t see me! If I don’t mumble a phrase then that imply’s there may be not an issue,” Pereira mentioned.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tackle the Philadelphia Eagles within the Tremendous Bowl on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX, the place the officiating will probably be intently monitored.
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