Official Texans vs. Dolphins Game Thread, 10/25/2018

[Keith]

Originally Posted by barrett

The NFL will protect the officials on bad calls like they always do, but they should truly fire someone for the illegal procedure on the half ending kneel down.

According to FootballZebras, the league might be willing to fire incompetence midseason now. Not sure how strong the NFLRA is though.

...NFL has fired down judge Hugo Cruz, number 94, effective immediately, which has been confirmed by 7 sources who have firsthand knowledge of the situation.

This is the first time in the Super Bowl era that the NFL has fired an official in the middle of the regular season. Previously, the NFL has suspended officials for major mistakes and, if warranted, dropped the official in the offseason. ...

Also worth noting from last night's ref assignments, also from FootballZebras, bolding is mine:

First-year white hat Shawn Smith will lead his crew on Thursday night as the Dolphins take on the Texans.