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Referees (Officials) for NFL Week 5 2023 (October 8): Jacksonville vs. Buffalo: Shawn Smith


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NFL Capsules Week 5:

https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Week 5 Capsules.pdf

[scroll to third game]

 

 

smith.jpg

 

 

Position No. Name Exp. 2022 Crew College Occupation
R 14 Shawn Smith 9 n/a Ferris State Finance
U 92 Bryan Neale 10 same Indiana Sales Consultant
DJ 84 Jay Bilbo Rookie n/a [unknown] [unknown]
LJ 45 Jeff Seeman 22 Cheffers Minnesota Brokerage Sales
FJ 109 Dyrol Prioleau 17 same Johnson C. Smith Manager, Law Firm
SJ 18 Clay Reynard 4 same California-Davis Customer Service Rep
BJ 105 Dino Paganelli 18 same Aquinas Educator
RO n/a Mike Wimmer 21 same NYU Producer
RA n/a Sebrina Brunson 4 same Florida Atlantic Felony Probation Officer

 

 

https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/285502/the-perception-and-reality-behind-nfls-in-season-official-firing

 

The NFL fires an official and opens Pandora's box. What's next?

 

"The timing couldn't have been worse. Referee Shawn Smith's crew was struggling Thursday night, hours after we learned that the NFL is now willing to fire officials during the season for poor performance.

 

Smith's crew initially enforced a penalty incorrectly on the opening kickoff of the Houston Texans' 42-24 victory over the Miami Dolphins. It missed an obvious trip on a first-quarter punt, called a questionable unnecessary-roughness penalty that gave the Dolphins a first down, and took away the catch of the year by Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins because of a mild push-off.

 

The natural question for fans, players and coaches alike: Would Smith and/or his crew be fired?"

 

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Good link for referee biases and teams that are screwed over yearly:

 

https://time2play.com/blog/referee-bias-in-the-nfl/

 

Of the 24 NFL crews, Shawn Smith is the 11th most aggressive referee:

 

03_Most-Aggressive-Whistleblowers-1.jpg

 

"Additionally, Shawn Smith was the most associated with roughing the passer penalties (68.4%)"

 

 

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Great, the top sacking defense in the league draws the ref who most over-calls roughing the passer.  Interesting to see that aside from the +155.8% unsportsmanlike conduct ref outlier, the top 3 and 5 of the top 10 aggressive refs favor roughing the passer.

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