2008 NFL Playoff Crews

[JugglingReferee]

2007 WILD CARD

Saturday, January 5, 2008
Washington @ Seattle
R- Walt Coleman #65
U- Bruce Stritesky #102
HL- Tony Veteri #36
LJ- Mark Steinkerchner #84
FJ- Greg Gautreaux #80
SJ- Michael Banks #72
BJ- Steve Freeman #133
ALT- Steve Wilson #29
ALT- Rob Vernatchi #75

Saturday, January 5, 2008
Jacksonville @ Pittsburgh
R- Scott Green #19
U- Jim Quirk #5
HL- Mark Baltz #26
LJ- Jeff Seeman #45
FJ- Duke Carroll #11
SJ- Carl Cheffers #51
BJ- Tony Steratore #112
ALT- Tom Stabile #24
ALT- James Coleman #95

Sunday, January 6, 2008
N.Y. Giants @ Tampa Bay
R- Walt Anderson #66
U- Jeff Rice #44
HL- Phil McKinnely #110
LJ- Byron Boston #18
FJ- Terry Brown #43
SJ- Tom Hill #97
BJ- Billy Smith #2
ALT- John Parry #132
ALT- Eddy Powers #38

Sunday, January 6, 2008
Tennessee @ San Diego
R- Ed Hochuli #85
U- Chad Brown #31
HL- Mark Hittner #28
LJ- Tom Symonette #100
FJ- Craig Wrolstad #4
SJ- Don Carlsen #39
BJ- Scott Helverson #93
ALT- Rich Hall #49
ALT- Keith Ferguson #61


2007 DIVISIONAL

Saturday, January 12, 2008
@ GREEN BAY
R- Mike Carey #94
U- Dan Ferrell #64
HL- Kent Payne #79
LJ- Mark Perlman #9
FJ- Buddy Horton #82
SJ- Tom Fincken #47
BJ- Bill Schmitz #122
ALT- Gary Slaughter #30
ALT- Larry Rose #128

Saturday, January 12, 2008
@ NEW ENGLAND
R- Jerome Boger #23
U- Garth DeFelice #53
HL- Jerry Bergman #91
LJ- Tom Barnes #55
FJ- Bill Lovett #98
SJ- Joe Larrew #73
BJ- Bob Waggoner #25
ALT- Ron Phares #10
ALT- Lee Dyer #27

Sunday, January 13, 2008
@ INDIANAPOLIS
R- Gerry Austin #34
U- Ruben Fowler #71
HL- Ed Camp #134
LJ- Carl Johnson #101
FJ- Scott Edwards #3
SJ- Al Riveron #57
BJ- Phil Luckett #59
ALT- Boris Cheek #41
ALT- Jeff Lamberth #103

Sunday, January 13, 2008
@ DALLAS
R- Pete Morelli #135
U- Tony Michalek #115
HL- Derick Bowers #74
LJ- John Hussey #35
FJ- Gary Cavaletto #60
SJ- Laird Hayes #125
BJ- Don Carey #126
ALT- Bill Schuster #129
ALT- Mike Weir #50


2007 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sunday, January 20, 2008
AFC
San Diego @ New England
R- Jeff Triplette #42
U- Butch Hannah #40
HL- Steve Stelljes #22
LJ- Gary Arthur #108
FJ- Tom Sifferman #118
SJ- Greg Meyer #78
BJ- Greg Steed #12
ALT- Tony Corrente #99
ALT- Richard Reels #83

Sunday, January 20, 2008
NFC
N.Y. Giants @ Green Bay
R- Terry McAulay #77
U- Roy Ellison #81
HL- Jim Mello #48
LJ- Jeff Bergman #32
FJ- Scott Steenson #88
SJ- Rick Patterson #15
BJ- Perry Paganelli #46
ALT- Bill Leavy #127
ALT- Tom Stephan #68

SUPER BOWL XLII
Sunday, February 3, 2008
NFC vs. AFC
R- 94 Mike Carey (1st Super Bowl)
U- 115 Tony Michalek (1st Super Bowl)
HL- 30 Gary Slaughter (not 1st Superbowl)
LJ- 1st Super Bowl
FJ- 1st Super Bowl
SJ- 1st Super Bowl
BJ- 1st Super Bowl
ALT- R 65 Walt Coleman
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2008 PRO BOWL

Sunday, February 10, 2008
AFC vs. NFC
R- 63 Bill Carollo
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[secondregionbug]

How does the Super Bowl crew get picked? Will it be one of these 8?

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by secondregionbug

How does the Super Bowl crew get picked? Will it be one of these 8?

REPLY: "All-star" crew, i.e. the top official at each position based on regular season grading, excluding those who might have worked the SB last season. Then it would go to the second guy at that position. Also, to keep them from getting stale, the NFL typically assigns them to either a wild-card or a divisional playoff game. So, it's almost a sure thing that you saw this year's SB officials either this weekend or last weekend.

Second and third ranked guys at position will be working next weekend in the conference championships.

[ace]

I thought the NFL moved to assigning regular season crews in the playoffs and super bowl? If an official is in-eligible (rookie in league, rookie to position) then they are replaced by an official who the crew-chief (R) and the leauge agree on?

[secondregionbug]

I will go with Mike Cary, He has paid his dues and does a great job!

[jaybird]

Mike Carey is very good (but aren't they all at that level) and is one of my favorites.

[OverAndBack]

Originally Posted by ace

I thought the NFL moved to assigning regular season crews in the playoffs and super bowl? If an official is in-eligible (rookie in league, rookie to position) then they are replaced by an official who the crew-chief (R) and the leauge agree on?

Playoffs, largely.

Super Bowl, no.

And I think that's what they're doing - some of the crews were a mis-mash, some were largely intact in the first two weekends.

[Bob M.]

REPLY: Those that were "mish-mash" for the first two weekends were that way either because a member or two of a crew were too new to be eligible for the playoffs or because of illness. But generally, regular season crews were assigned to these two rounds.

And unless something has changed, the only position where tenure at position is considered is for the referee.

[OverAndBack]

Originally Posted by Bob M.

REPLY: Those that were "mish-mash" for the first two weekends were that way either because a member or two of a crew were too new to be eligible for the playoffs or because of illness. But generally, regular season crews were assigned to these two rounds.

Yes, they were.

But some were more intact than others.

Hochuil had 6 of his 7 regular guys.
Coleman had 5 guys from McAulay's crew and 2 other guys from various crews.
Green had guys from 5 other crews.
Hence - mish-mash.

[JugglingReferee]

The Wild Card and Divisional Rounds are officiated by the top 8 crews in the NFL. This year, those crews are: McAulay, Triplette, W. Anderson, Hochuli, M. Carey, Boger, Austin and Parry.

The top 3 officials at each position will work the Conference Championship Games and the Super Bowl. For those who work the Super Bowl, they will officiate in one of the first 2 rounds if they were on one of the top 8 crews. It's also possible they could be an alternate in the first 2 rounds. It's also possible they may not work at all until the Super Bowl.

The officials removed from their crews in the first 2 rounds are most likely to be working in the Conference Championship games.

For officials that are remove from their crews, high rated other officials from crews who did not make the playoffs will fill in for their spot. Other considerations are made such as officials who have had a good year but have not worked a playoff game in a while. They may be selected to fill an open spot.

The Pro Bowl is a group of officials rated high that did not work in the playoffs. Sometimes considerations are made to officials who may be retiring at season's end.

[JugglingReferee]

I think:

R 77 McAuley and R 63 Carollo will get the CCs.

R 94 Carey will be the first African-American in history to Crew Chief America's biggest sports game.

[Sonofanump]

I think Carey gives the best signals in the game. I think a good example for R's on how to officiate that part of the game.

[OverAndBack]

Do you think Carey could take Hochuli?

Ed's obviously stronger, but Carey might be quicker and more stealthy.

[JugglingReferee]

Ed can take Carey. No doubts.

[rulesmaven]

Last year, if I remember correctly, two of the top three Rs did not even have crews in the top 8, which is interesting.

Are the officials from the super bowl not permitted to be in the top 3 the next year, or just precluded from the super bowl? If the latter, I think Corrente might turn up on Sunday.

I have a feeling it's going to be Hochuli on Feb. 3. Just a hunch.