The NFL referee assignments for Week 4 are set. Let’s take a look through which NFL refs and their crews will be officiating each game this week. Additionally, we will examine what we might see from the assigned referees in the two primetime games on Sunday and Monday.
NFL referee assignments for Week 4
The ref assignments for the 15 games on Sunday and Monday in Week 4 are listed below. Ahead of the season, the NFL assigns each ref with a crew from the NFL’s officiating roster. In order to find out which officials are in which crew, check out our guide to officiating crews in 2022.
Note: All times are Eastern.
Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints | 9:30 a.m.
Clete Blakeman
Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons | 1 p.m.
Craig Wrolstad
Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens | 1 p.m.
Jerome Boger
Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys | 1 p.m.
Shawn Smith
Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions | 1 p.m.
Clay Martin
Los Angeles Chargers at Houston Texans | 1 p.m.
Alex Kemp
Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts | 1 p.m.
Scott Novak
Chicago Bears at New York Giants | 1 p.m.
Carl Cheffers
Jacksonville Jaguars at Philadelphia Eagles | 1 p.m.
Shawn Hochuli
New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 p.m.
Brad Rogers
Arizona Cardinals at Carolina | 4:05 p.m.
John Hussey
New England Patriots at Green Bay Packers | 4:25 p.m.
Adrian Hill
Denver Broncos at Las Vegas Raiders | 4:25 p.m.
Land Clark
Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8:20 p.m.
Bill Vinovich
Monday Night Football referee assignments
Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers | 8:15 p.m.
Brad Allen
What can we expect to see from the primetime NFL officiating crews in Week 4?
Seeing Bill Vinovich as the official for Sunday Night Football is a positive sign when it comes to expecting a smooth game that is not dominated by flags. Vinovich’s crew has thrown just 20 flags, six fewer than any other NFL referee crew this season. Just 13 of those flags have been accepted, which is eight fewer than any other crew.
Most interesting is that Vinovich’s crew have thrown zero defensive pass interference penalties and just one defensive holding penalty. His crew tends to subscribe to the philosophy of letting the players play without calling every little bit of contact between receivers and defensive backs. Vinovich’s crew also called the fewest defensive pass interference and holding penalties in 2021.
If you are a neutral observer come Sunday, be prepared to see a free-flowing game where scoring may be suppressed by a lack of defensive pass interference penalties. However, if you are a fan of either of these teams, expect to find yourself frustrated when an opposing defender prevents your team’s wideouts from securing the football with more contact than expected.
A similar expectation rolls over into Monday, with Brad Allen’s crew having called just one defensive pass interference penalty through two games. Allen’s crew also has just two defensive holding penalties.
