Seven calls right. Seven wrong. A flat coin flip, the second soft week running after last week’s 9 of 15, and the week’s defining moment came down to a single flag with under a minute on the clock. The headline miss Los Angeles Rams were the heaviest favorite to lose all week, 82.9 percent at […]
Category: The Record
Week 1 by the flags: 237 accepted, and where they landed
263 flags in week 1, 237 accepted. Two pass interference calls moved more win probability than the other 235 put together. The full 32-team penalty ledger.
We Checked Whether NFL Crews Actually Differ. One of Our Own Claims Did Not Survive
Five seasons, 1,356 games, 17 crews, public nflverse data. Crew penalty differences are real in judgment calls, absent in mechanical ones, and not explained by schedule.
The Replay Center Can Throw a Flag Now
For a decade NFL replay could take a flag off the field but never put one on it. That changed for 2026. What the new rule covers, and what it still cannot fix.
The Record Opens: Three Claims Before Week 1
The book starts empty. Three claims about 2026 officiating, each with the number that makes it wrong, published before a single regular season snap.