With two teams on a bye this week, the Week 13 NFL ref assignments see 15 of the 17 crews in action across Thursday, Sunday, and Monday. Let’s take a look at the full Sunday and Monday NFL referee assignments before examining more closely what we might expect from the prime-time crews this week.
NFL Referee Assignments for Week 13
The remaining referee assignments for Week 13 of the NFL season are listed below. Before the season began, the NFL assigned each ref a crew from their officiating roster. Our guide to the 2022 officiating crews will bring you up to date with which officials are assigned to which teams.
- Pittsburgh Steelers at Atlanta Falcons | 1 p.m.
Ron Torbert - Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens | 1 p.m.
Alex Kemp - Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears | 1 p.m.
Scott Novak - Jacksonville Jaguars at Detroit Lions | 1 p.m.
Jerome Boger - Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans | 1 p.m.
Land Clark - New York Jets at Minnesota Vikings | 1 p.m.
Clete Blakeman - Washington Commanders at New York Giants | 1 p.m.
Brad Allen - Tennessee Titans at Philadelphia Eagles | 1 p.m.
Adrian Hill - Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams | 4:05 p.m.
Shawn Smith - Miami Dolphins at San Francisco 49ers | 4:05 p.m.
Tra Blake - Kansas City Chiefs at Cincinnati Bengals | 4:25 p.m.
John Hussey - Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders | 4:25 p.m.
Craig Wrolstad - Indianapolis Colts at Dallas Cowboys | 8:20 p.m.
Carl Cheffers
Monday Night Football Referee Assignment
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8:15 p.m.
Clay Martin
What Can We Expect From the Prime-Time NFL Officiating Crews in Week 13?
The two crews taking charge of the prime-time games are in the top half in most penalties per game this season. Carl Cheffers’ crew has the second-most penalties and the fourth-most flags. Meanwhile, Clay Martin’s crew is the seventh-highest in terms of penalties and the fifth-highest in terms of flags thrown.
Cheffers’ crew is extremely balanced with their home/road split — 6.64 penalties per game on the home team and 6.91 per game on the road team. Cheffers’ crew is tied for the most offensive pass interference (OPI) penalties this year with 0.55 per game. All six of those OPI penalties have been on the road team.
The other main penalties they are top three in: false start and unnecessary roughness penalties. Intriguingly, both of those penalties they have called more on the home team than on the road team. However, regarding defensive pass interference and defensive holding, Cheffers’ crew has 16 penalties combined on road teams (compared to just four on home teams).
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Looking at Monday Night Football and Martin’s crew, there’s a huge home/road split, with five penalties per game on the home team and 7.36 per game on the road team. However, in the last three weeks, they have averaged fewer penalties per game on road teams (four) than home teams (five).
There is an intriguing home/road split on some penalties for Martin. When it comes to DPI, they have a seven-to-three home/road split, but in terms of defensive holding, it is a two-to-six home/road split. The other penalties Martin’s crew has called on the road team more than the home team include illegal use of hands, unnecessary roughness, delay of game, and face mask.