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The NFL league title games inactive request to beryllium played, but the league already has its Super Bowl LIX officiating unit acceptable for New Orleans connected Feb. 9.
Ron Torbert, the seasoned referee who besides led a unit successful Super Bowl LVI wherever the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, volition beryllium backmost for the "Big Game," this clip astatine the Caesars Superdome.
The lone idiosyncratic successful Torbert’s unit who has Super Bowl acquisition is broadside justice Boris Cheek.
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However, umpire Mike Morton has been to the Super Bowl before, but arsenic a player. He was a subordinate of the St. Louis Rams successful Super Bowl XXXIV.
According to Football Zebras’ Ben Austro, Morton volition marque past arsenic the archetypal idiosyncratic to play and officiate successful the Super Bowl.
The remainder of the unit is down justice Max Causey, enactment justice Mark Stewart, tract justice Mearl Robinson, backmost justice Jonah Monroe and replay authoritative Kevin Brown.
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It’s worthy noting that Morton and Causey are lone successful their 3rd seasons officiating, and the Super Bowl mostly has officials with astatine slightest 5 years of experience.
As for Torbert, helium has worked NFL games since 2010, opening arsenic a backmost justice earlier becoming a referee successful 2014.
According to Pro Football Reference, Torbert has had somewhat much than 1 punishment (1.03) for 11.40 much yards connected mean during the 2024 season.
Torbert and his unit volition cognize which 2 teams they volition beryllium officiating for travel this weekend.
The Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles volition footwear disconnected archetypal astatine Lincoln Financial Field to find who volition correspond the NFC successful New Orleans.
They divided their NFC East regular-season series, with Commanders rookie sensation Jayden Daniels starring his squad connected a game-winning thrust astatine home.
Then, a rematch galore wanted to spot successful the AFC, the latest section of the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills volition instrumentality spot astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium. The Bills bushed the Chiefs during the regular season, but postseason play has favored the Chiefs successful this matchup successful their location building.
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