Every week, we see at least one referee and his crew with a week off, but as the bye weeks continue, that number will grow to three — however, that still means we have 13 other crews working this week, so let’s look at the Week 7 NFL referee assignments.
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NFL Referee Assignments for Week 7
All times Eastern and game day Sunday unless stated.
- Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens | 1 p.m.
Brad Rogers - Las Vegas Raiders at Chicago Bears | 1 p.m.
Clay Martin - Cleveland Browns at Indianapolis Colts | 1 p.m.
Shawn Smith - Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers| 1 p.m.
Ron Torbert - Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots | 1 p.m.
Clete Blakeman - Washington Commanders at New York Giants | 1 p.m.
John Hussey - Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Rams | 4:05 p.m.
Craig Wrolstad - Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks |4:05 p.m.
Scott Novak - Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos | 4:05 p.m.
Alex Kemp - Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs | 4:25 p.m.
Tra Blake - Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles| 8:20 p.m.
Brad Allen - San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings | 8:15 p.m. (Monday)
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Tra Blake’s crew, who has called the most penalties per game in the NFL, is doing the Chiefs and Chargers game on Sunday afternoon. Kansas City has the seventh-most penalties accepted against them, while Los Angeles is only 21st.
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Brad Allen’s crew will be officiating the big matchup of the week between the Dolphins and Eagles. Allen’s crew has called just over nine penalties a game this season.
The calls have been split evenly between the teams. In three games, each squad has had the same amount of penalties, and in the other two, there has been only one penalty difference.
The Eagles and Dolphins both average just under six penalties per game. Miami had a season-low three penalties against accepted in last week’s win against the Panthers. The Dolphins had six penalties when Allen’s crew officiated their 38-36 win against the Chargers in Week 1.
All penalty stat information below is courtesy of NFLPenalties.com.
Each season, officials are assigned to referees from the NFL’s officiating roster. You can see the full crews for the 2023 season in our handy guide.