The crew that throws the fewest flags in the NFL opens Week 10. Referee Brad Rogers will work Commanders at Giants on Thursday night at the Meadowlands (8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video, 3:15 a.m. Friday in Cairo), according to the Week 10 referee assignments published by Football Zebras on Tuesday.
Rogers’ crew has averaged 12.1 accepted penalties per game through eight games this season, the lowest figure among the league’s 17 referees and well under the leaguewide average of 14.7, according to the penalty tracker NFL Penalties. Neither team is especially clean: Washington has been flagged 7.6 times a game and New York 7.4. More on the game itself is in our Thursday night guide.
Clay Martin goes back to Germany
Clay Martin will referee Patriots vs. Lions at FC Bayern Munich’s stadium on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET (4:30 p.m. in Cairo). Football Zebras noted it is his second time officiating a game in Germany.
Referee for Patriots vs. Lions (Munich, 9:30 a.m.) — Clay Martin #NEvsDET pic.x.com/XotKP5WJsK
— Football Zebras (@footballzebras) November 10, 2026
Martin comes off one of the strangest sequences of Week 9. In Indianapolis on Sunday, his crew let the Cowboys change their mind and accept a penalty after the Colts had already sent their kicker out, a ruling we broke down in our story on Martin’s crew in Indianapolis. His crew is one of only two that have already worked nine games, and it averages 13.4 accepted penalties a game, the fifth-lowest rate in the league.
The Patriots have been flagged 7.4 times a game and the Lions 7.0. The game is the sixth NFL regular-season game in a Bundesliga stadium, and the week’s preparations in Munich are covered in our Munich game week diary.
The busiest crews draw the 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. games
The two crews that flag the most this season are both off. Scott Novak’s crew, which leads the league at 18.2 accepted penalties per game, and Craig Wrolstad’s, second at 17.3, have the week off along with Alex Kemp’s. Novak’s rate has come down from 20.1 a game when his crew worked Panthers-Packers in Week 8.
Adrian Hill, third at 16.9 a game, has Rams at Cardinals in the late afternoon. Hill was suspended for one game in October for his conduct toward a player. Alex Moore, fourth at 16.8, has Jaguars at Titans.
Two matchups stand out on paper. The most penalized team in football, Cleveland at 9.1 flags a game, hosts Houston (8.0) with Alan Eck’s crew, which sits near the middle of the league at 14.3. And John Hussey, at 14.0 a game, gets Vikings at Packers, which puts the least penalized team in the league, Minnesota at 5.4 a game, against a Green Bay team flagged 8.2 times a game.
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Clete Blakeman, fifth at 15.8 a game, has Steelers at Bengals on Sunday night (8:20 p.m. ET, 3:20 a.m. Monday in Cairo), a division game between two AFC North rivals. Pittsburgh is the second least penalized team in the league at 5.9 flags a game. Land Clark, at 14.3, has Chargers at Ravens on Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m. ET, 3:15 a.m. Tuesday in Cairo), a matchup between two teams flagged more than eight times a game.
Full Week 10 assignments
Thursday, Nov. 12, all times Eastern:
- Brad Rogers: Commanders at Giants, 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 15:
- Clay Martin: Patriots vs. Lions in Munich, 9:30 a.m.
- Shawn Hochuli: Chiefs at Falcons, 1 p.m.
- Alan Eck: Texans at Browns, 1 p.m.
- John Hussey: Vikings at Packers, 1 p.m.
- Carl Cheffers: Dolphins at Colts, 1 p.m.
- Shawn Smith: Panthers at Saints, 1 p.m.
- Ron Torbert: Bills at Jets, 1 p.m.
- Alex Moore: Jaguars at Titans, 1 p.m.
- Adrian Hill: Rams at Cardinals, 4:05 p.m.
- Brad Allen: Seahawks at Raiders, 4:05 p.m.
- Bill Vinovich: 49ers at Cowboys, 4:25 p.m.
- Clete Blakeman: Steelers at Bengals, 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 16:
- Land Clark: Chargers at Ravens, 8:15 p.m.
Off this week: Alex Kemp, Scott Novak and Craig Wrolstad. Crews can include substitutions from their regular personnel in any given week.
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