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Officiating crew ofCarl Cheffers

8 games in 2026. 13.3 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7 (15th most of 18 crews), 104 penalty yards, and 45% of the flags on the home team.

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Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

Flags a game13.3league 14.7

Yards a game104.0league 118

Win prob. moved37 ptsleague 39

Late flags1.884th quarter, one-score games

TDs erased2touchdowns wiped by a flag

Game by game

Every game this crew worked

8 games, 13.3 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7.

Bottom line3 of 8 games above the league average; 45% of this crew's flags went against the home team.

How to read this chart

One bar = one game: as tall as the accepted flags in it; the number on top is the total, in yellow when it beats the league average.
Yellow and grey: yellow = flags against the home team, grey = against the away team; the small numbers inside are the split.
Dashed line: the league average, 14.7 flags a game. Under the bar: away @ home, week and final score. Tap a game to open it.

Against the league

What this crew calls

Taunting×2.6

Unsportsmanlike Conduct×2.0

Delay of Game×1.8

Illegal Formation×1.6

Offensive Holding×0.4

Illegal Contact×0.5

Kickoff Short of Landing Zone×0.7

Bottom lineTheir signature call: taunting, ×2.6 the league rate.

How to read this chart

One row per penalty type.: The center line is the league rate per game.
Bar to the right (×1.5, ×2.0…):: this crew calls it more often than the league; ×2.0 = twice as often.
Bar to the left (×0.5…):: calls it less often; ×0.5 = half as often. Few games, so treat single rows as hints, not proof.

On the field

The crew

Carl CheffersReferee
Derick BowersDown Judge
Dominique PenderSide Judge
Martin HankinsBack Judge · 7 of 8
Derek AndersonUmpire · 7 of 8
Quentin GivensLine Judge · 7 of 8
Nathan JonesField Judge · 7 of 8

The flag that mattered most

Biggest swing

29pts

Unsportsmanlike Conduct on WAS, Week 3, Q4 4:09

14-S.Darnold pass short middle intended for 88-A.Barner INTERCEPTED by 56-K.Medrano at 50. 56-K.Medrano for 50 yards, TOUCHDOWN. PENALTY on WAS, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 15 yards, enforced between downs.

The career · 2008 to today

Carl Cheffers, every season

Regular season and playoffs since 2008, compared with each season's average and with the league. All referees since 1999

Bottom lineOver his career, Carl Cheffers calls +0.7 flags a game above the season average; home teams won 61% of his games (league 56%).

How to read this chart

The tiles:: career totals: games, flags a game compared with each season's average (+ = more), how often the home team won and covered the spread, how often games went over the betting total, and the share of flags on the home team, each next to the league figure.
The bars:: one per season. Up (yellow) = he called more flags a game than the league did that year; down (blue) = fewer. Taller = further from average. Comparing with each year matters because flag rates change with the rules.
The four boxes below:: pass interference, holding, roughing and pre-snap fouls, per game above (+) or below (−) the season average.

Games since 200829116 playoff games · 3 Super Bowls

Flags vs the season+0.713.1 accepted flags a game

Home teams won61%league 56%

Home teams covered51%league 49%

Went over the total51%league 49%

Flags on the home team49%league 48%