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Officiating crew ofJohn Hussey
8 games in 2026. 13.9 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7 (11th most of 18 crews), 105 penalty yards, and 51% of the flags on the home team.
Flags a game13.9league 14.7
Yards a game105.0league 118
Win prob. moved39 ptsleague 39
Late flags3.004th quarter, one-score games
TDs erased0touchdowns wiped by a flag
Game by game
Every game this crew worked
8 games, 13.9 accepted flags a game against a league average of 14.7.
↳Bottom line4 of 8 games above the league average; 51% 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
Kickoff Out of Bounds×3.6
Ineligible Downfield Pass×2.4
Illegal Contact×1.8
Illegal Block Above the Waist×1.7
Face Mask×0.3
Offensive Pass Interference×0.5
Offensive Holding×0.6
↳Bottom lineTheir signature call: kickoff out of bounds, ×3.6 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
- John HusseyReferee
- Allen BaynesSide Judge
- Tim PodrazaLine Judge
- Matt EdwardsBack Judge
- Duane HeydtUmpire
- Gabriel DeLeonField Judge · 7 of 8
- Brett BergmanLine Judge · 6 of 8
The flag that mattered most
Biggest swing
Defensive Pass Interference on DAL, Week 3, Q2 11:37
(Shotgun) 8-L.Jackson pass incomplete deep middle to 81-D.Walker. PENALTY on DAL-14-M.Bell, Defensive Pass Interference, 49 yards, enforced at BAL 48 - No Play.
The career · 2015 to today
John Hussey, every season
Regular season and playoffs since 2015, compared with each season's average and with the league. All referees since 1999
↳Bottom lineOver his career, John Hussey calls −0.7 flags a game below the season average; home teams won 66% 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 201518510 playoff games
Flags vs the season−0.711.8 accepted flags a game
Home teams won66%league 56% · outside normal variation
Home teams covered59%league 49%
Went over the total48%league 49%
Flags on the home team49%league 48%
Pass interference+0.02a game vs the seasonHolding−0.33a game vs the seasonRoughing−0.11a game vs the seasonPre-snap fouls−0.05a game vs the season
Teams
