NFL Referees (Officials) for Week 6 2023 announced: NY Giants at Buffalo: Tra Blake

[chongli]

NFL Capsules - Week 6:

 

https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Week 6 Capsules.pdf

[scroll about 7/8 of the way down]

 

 

 

 

Tra Blake - second season as a referee

 

 

 

[Sorry, I added the wrong number of rows in the table below, so I just added one more row in a new table at the end, because I didn't feel like starting over from scratch again.]

 

Position	No.	Name	Experience	2023 Crew	College	Occupation
R	3	Tra Blake	4	n/a	Central Florida	Software Quality Assurance Manager
U	115	Tony Michalek	22	same	Indiana	Chief Executive Officer
DJ	13	Patrick Turner	10	same	Cal State-Long Beach	Plant Manager
LJ	85	Daniel Callagher	4	Allen	Kent State	Athletic Programs Manager
FJ	97	Tom Hill	25	same	Carson Newman	retired Teacher/Coach
SJ	58	Don Willard	6	same	Illinois State	Physical Therapist
BJ	30	Todd Prukop	15	same	Cal State-Fullerton	Medical Sales Representative
RO	n/a	Andrew Lambert	6	same	Central Virginia Community College	Business Development

RA

n/a

Larry Hanson

4

Allen

California-San Diego

[unknown]

 

 

Yikes, he had a very bad game last season:

 

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-bad-officiating-commanders-raiders-vikings/

 

"The worst officiating moments from a NFL Week 15 that was full of them"

 

[ND-MIN Week 15 2023]

 

Two bad calls against Minnesota, both negative Chadon Sullivan fumble recovery TD's:

 

"With 7:03 left in the first half, and the Colts already up 23-0, Indianapolis quarterback Matt Ryan threw a short pass to receiver Michael Pittman, who fumbled at the Indianapolis 40-yard line. At that point, cornerback Chandon Sullivan picked the ball up and rumbled for a touchdown.

 

Or so he thought. Referee Tra Blake ruled that Pittman’s forward progress had been stopped, negating the touchdown.

 

“The ruling on the field was that the runner’s forward progress had been stopped,” Blake told pool reporter Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune after the game. “Once he’s wrapped up by the defender and his forward progress is stopped, the play is over. So, any action that happens subsequently after that is nullified because the play is dead. That was the ruling on the field.”

 

Sounds good, except that’s not what happened. On the replay, you can see that Sullivan had Pittman in the grasp, Pittman was arching forward, trying to make extra yards, and it was the hit by linebacker Brian Asamoah that rocked Pittman back. Sullivan stripped the ball just after Pittman moved backward, so we don’t actually know whether Pittman would have kept trying to make additional yards were it not for that hit. If you want to argue that Asamoah’s hit stopped Pittman’s forward progress, that’s an entirely different matter."

 

 

"Sullivan’s bad luck with this particular crew was only beginning. With 3:28 left in regulation, Indy running back Deon Jackson clearly fumbled at his own 38-yard line. Sullivan picked the ball up, and appeared to score another return touchdown.

 

No dice, as Blake once again ruled against him. This time, the call was that Jackson was down by contact, which clearly wasn’t the case. Upon review, the Vikings were awarded the ball, but there was nothing to be done about the touchdown that should have counted and didn’t. The score was 36-28 Colts at that point, so Blake and his crew were pretty fortunate that the comeback that happened, happened."

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 11, 2023 by chongli

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