Officials / Head referee
Alan Eck
- Games worked
- 49
- Seasons
- 2023–2025
- Penalties / game
- 10.82
- vs league mean
- -0.94
Penalty rate by season
Accepted penalties per game, from play-by-play data. Seasons before 2020 have no play-by-play coverage in this database, so no rate is shown for them.
202517 gm
10.76
202416 gm
11.56
202316 gm
10.13
Recent games
| Season | Wk | Matchup | Score | Pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | SF @ PHI | 23–19 | 8 |
| 2025 | 18 | NYJ @ BUF | 8–35 | 7 |
| 2025 | 17 | BAL @ GB | 41–24 | 11 |
| 2025 | 16 | LAC @ DAL | 34–17 | 9 |
| 2025 | 15 | DET @ LA | 34–41 | 6 |
| 2025 | 14 | HOU @ KC | 20–10 | 13 |
| 2025 | 13 | NO @ MIA | 17–21 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | NYJ @ NE | 14–27 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | ARI @ SEA | 22–44 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | JAX @ LV | 30–29 | 16 |
| 2025 | 8 | SF @ HOU | 15–26 | 12 |
| 2025 | 7 | IND @ LAC | 38–24 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | NYG @ NO | 14–26 | 15 |
| 2025 | 4 | PHI @ TB | 31–25 | 13 |
| 2025 | 3 | MIA @ BUF | 21–31 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | JAX @ CIN | 27–31 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | MIN @ CHI | 27–24 | 20 |
| 2024 | 18 | BUF @ NE | 16–23 | 13 |
| 2024 | 17 | BAL @ HOU | 31–2 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | PIT @ PHI | 13–27 | 12 |
| 2024 | 14 | LV @ TB | 13–28 | 8 |
| 2024 | 13 | CHI @ DET | 20–23 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | NE @ MIA | 15–34 | 13 |
| 2024 | 11 | ATL @ DEN | 6–38 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | JAX @ PHI | 23–28 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | NO @ LAC | 8–26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | KC @ SF | 28–18 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | PIT @ LV | 32–13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | CLE @ WAS | 13–34 | 14 |
| 2024 | 4 | BUF @ BAL | 10–35 | 12 |
| 2024 | 3 | DEN @ TB | 26–7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | NYJ @ TEN | 24–17 | 12 |
| 2024 | 1 | CAR @ NO | 10–47 | 16 |
| 2023 | 18 | CLE @ CIN | 14–31 | 8 |
| 2023 | 17 | NE @ BUF | 21–27 | 6 |
| 2023 | 16 | IND @ ATL | 10–29 | 8 |
| 2023 | 15 | WAS @ LA | 20–28 | 8 |
| 2023 | 14 | CAR @ NO | 6–28 | 7 |
| 2023 | 12 | BAL @ LAC | 20–10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | NYJ @ BUF | 6–32 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | TEN @ TB | 6–20 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | NYG @ LV | 6–30 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | JAX @ PIT | 20–10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | NO @ HOU | 13–20 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | DAL @ SF | 10–42 | 12 |
| 2023 | 4 | DET @ GB | 34–20 | 12 |
| 2023 | 3 | CHI @ KC | 10–41 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | LAC @ TEN | 24–27 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1 | ARI @ WAS | 16–20 | 17 |
Does the crew move the market?
We tested 27 referees across 3,024 games. Penalty-rate differences between crews are real and survive multiple-comparison correction (χ² = 45.1, p = 0.0014), but every market-facing angle — favorite win rate, home win rate, totals versus the closing line, and over rate — came back flat. Real heterogeneity, no exploitable edge. See the full referee-crew finding.