Carl Cheffers calls more penalties than any other official in the league. His crew called the most penalties in the NFL by a double-digit margin. The NFL has lost its mind. Cheffers is a terrible, flag happy, camera hogging referee. On average, Cheffers and company threw 14.33 flags per game. When you absolutely need to fix a game he is your go to man lol
Despite the feelings of Chiefs fans, the NFL apparently thinks quite highly of referee Carl Cheffers.
The NFL on Tuesday announced Cheffers would be the referee for Super Bowl LVII. If the Chiefs beat Cincinnati in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, they would see the same referee as the last time they made the Super Bowl.
Cheffers worked Super Bowl LV, when the Chiefs lost 31-9 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Football Zebras said Cheffers is the first referee in 35 years to be chosen to work the Super Bowl twice in a three-season span.
In Super Bowl LV, the Chiefs were penalized 11 times for 120 yards by Cheffers and his crew, while the Buccaneers were flagged four times for 39 yards.
Chiefs fans (and some players) were particularly irked by the Buccaneers’ final drive of the first half. Tampa Bay moved 71 yards in 55 seconds and scored a touchdown as the Bucs took a 21-6 lead. A pair of defensive pass-interference calls gave Tampa Bay 42 yards on the drive.
Cheffers was the referee whose holding call late in a Divisional playoff game against the Steelers wiped out a tying two-point conversion and the Chiefs lost 18-16. KC tight end Travis Kelce was fined by the NFL for saying Cheffers didn’t deserve to work in a Foot Locker in a postgame interview.
In two Chiefs games this season, fans and one commentator questioned Cheffers. First was a roughing-the-passer call on a strip-sack and recovery by Chris Jones during a game against the Raiders in October. ESPN’s Troy Aikman said the play didn’t deserve to be flagged.
Lower on the list of transgressions was last month’s Chiefs-Texans game in which KC was penalized 10 times, while Houston had just four penalties.
Football Zebras reported NFL ”officials who are selected for the Super Bowl are graded and scored in the top tier of their position.”
Chiefs fans, and a few others, would like to see those grades. Many spoke out about the decision to have Cheffers work the Super Bowl.
The NFL on Tuesday announced Cheffers would be the referee for Super Bowl LVII. If the Chiefs beat Cincinnati in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, they would see the same referee as the last time they made the Super Bowl.
Cheffers worked Super Bowl LV, when the Chiefs lost 31-9 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Football Zebras said Cheffers is the first referee in 35 years to be chosen to work the Super Bowl twice in a three-season span.
In Super Bowl LV, the Chiefs were penalized 11 times for 120 yards by Cheffers and his crew, while the Buccaneers were flagged four times for 39 yards.
Chiefs fans (and some players) were particularly irked by the Buccaneers’ final drive of the first half. Tampa Bay moved 71 yards in 55 seconds and scored a touchdown as the Bucs took a 21-6 lead. A pair of defensive pass-interference calls gave Tampa Bay 42 yards on the drive.
Cheffers was the referee whose holding call late in a Divisional playoff game against the Steelers wiped out a tying two-point conversion and the Chiefs lost 18-16. KC tight end Travis Kelce was fined by the NFL for saying Cheffers didn’t deserve to work in a Foot Locker in a postgame interview.
In two Chiefs games this season, fans and one commentator questioned Cheffers. First was a roughing-the-passer call on a strip-sack and recovery by Chris Jones during a game against the Raiders in October. ESPN’s Troy Aikman said the play didn’t deserve to be flagged.
Lower on the list of transgressions was last month’s Chiefs-Texans game in which KC was penalized 10 times, while Houston had just four penalties.
Football Zebras reported NFL ”officials who are selected for the Super Bowl are graded and scored in the top tier of their position.”
Chiefs fans, and a few others, would like to see those grades. Many spoke out about the decision to have Cheffers work the Super Bowl.
Who is Carl Cheffers? NFL's most penalty-happy referee will work Super Bowl 57.
The NFL has chosen its officiating crew for Super Bowl 57, and veteran official Carl Cheffers will be granted the spotlight as referee for his third career Super Bowl.
NFL fans should prepare to see a lot of him during the league's biggest game of the season.
Why? Because Cheffers' crew calls a lot of penalties. In fact, they led the league in penalties per game during the 2022 NFL season, averaging a whopping 12.59 flags per game, per NFLpenalties.com. Only two other crews — those belonging to Tra Blake (12.56) and Scott Novak (12.06) — averaged more than 12 flags per game.
This isn't just a one-year trend for Cheffers either. His crew has routinely been among the league leaders in penalties called per game during his time in the NFL.
Cheffers' crew has averaged the most penalties per game three times in the last decade. That includes each of the last two seasons. He has only placed outside of the top five in that category three times since 2013.
| Year | Penalties per game | Rank |
| 2022 | 12.59 | 1st |
| 2021 | 13.94 | 1st |
| 2020 | 12.29 | 3rd |
| 2019 | 13.31 | 11th |
| 2018 | 14.38 | 5th |
| 2017 | 14.67 | 2nd |
| 2016 | 12.78 | 11th |
| 2015 | 15.63 | 2nd |
| 2014 | 15.75 | 1st |
| 2013 | 12.75 | 7th |
As such, it's safe to expect that this year's Super Bowl will be more tightly officiated than usual. After all, last year's referee, Ron Torbert, came from a crew that called the second-fewest penalties league-wide during the regular season, so Cheffers' involvement should see an uptick in penalties, right?
That would stand to reason, and the data backs that up.
Over the last decade, Super Bowls have seen an average of 11.4 penalties called per game. Cheffers called 13 and 15 penalties in his two previous Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowls 51 and 55 respectively); those were the second- and fourth-highest marks of the last 10 Super Bowls.
That would stand to reason, and the data backs that up.
Over the last decade, Super Bowls have seen an average of 11.4 penalties called per game. Cheffers called 13 and 15 penalties in his two previous Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowls 51 and 55 respectively); those were the second- and fourth-highest marks of the last 10 Super Bowls.
| Super Bowl | Referee | Total penalties |
| 56 | Ron Torbert | 6 |
| 55 | Carl Cheffers | 15 |
| 54 | Bill Vinovich | 9 |
| 53 | John Parry | 12 |
| 52 | Gene Steratore | 7 |
| 51 | Carl Cheffers | 13 |
| 50 | Clete Blakeman | 18 |
| 49 | Bill Vinovich | 12 |
| 48 | Terry McAulay | 15 |
| 47 | Jerome Boger | 7 |
So, expect some dirty laundry on the field on Super Bowl Sunday. It also may be fair to expect a lower-scoring game than expected. Why? Because the under has hit in 11 of the 12 playoff games that Cheffers has officiated since 2010,
NFL fans may be disappointed to see Cheffers' stats, but it's worth noting that the league has a grading system that it uses to select its playoff and Super Bowl officials. So evidently, Cheffers is doing something right and that's why the league chose him for the job.
And sure, there may be more flags that people would like to see in the Super Bowl, but hey, at least that means Cheffers will be unlikely to miss an obvious facemask penalty like the one that went uncalled on Tee Higgins' long touchdown last year.
NFL fans may be disappointed to see Cheffers' stats, but it's worth noting that the league has a grading system that it uses to select its playoff and Super Bowl officials. So evidently, Cheffers is doing something right and that's why the league chose him for the job.
And sure, there may be more flags that people would like to see in the Super Bowl, but hey, at least that means Cheffers will be unlikely to miss an obvious facemask penalty like the one that went uncalled on Tee Higgins' long touchdown last year.
Any of above doing this weekends games?
Any trends for the CC games
NM i found them
IF that's how you played them. Some of those u posted you could have played the other way based on the trends.
Better watch Cheffers. He’s well know for making unorthodox questionable calls. Just this season for example, he called defensive holding — on a field goal attempt! It’s a call that has almost never been made, well except way back in 2015. Who was the ref who made that call? good ol’ Carl Cheffers! You might suspect the same referee making the same obscure call might have it in for the other team, but no worries. Cheffers made BOTH calls against the Raiders.
