The NFL has reassigned officials for Week 10 games after Friday’s nationwide ground stop disrupted travel. Tom Pelissero reported that the league office will handle replay assistant duties for Panthers-Saints, which will not have a replay assistant.
Replay officials for all Sunday games will work from NFL headquarters after attending an all-day training session in Detroit on Friday and traveling to New York.
The league adjusted assignments to keep officials within driving distance of their homes. On Saturday morning, it announced that three officials who do not normally serve as referees would take that role for four games.
Side judge Don Willard will referee the 1 p.m. ET game between the Dolphins and Colts before traveling to Cincinnati to work Sunday night’s Steelers-Bengals game.
Three referees will work in other roles: Carl Cheffers and Alex Kemp will serve as umpires, while Shawn Hochuli will be a back judge. The full extent of the changes to the usual crews has not been officially announced.
