Officials / Head referee

Tra Blake

Games worked
48
Seasons
2022–2024
Penalties / game
12.08
vs league mean
+0.32

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.

202416 gm
11.88
202316 gm
12.56
202216 gm
11.81

Recent games

SeasonWkMatchupScorePen
202418MIA @ NYJ20–3210
202416NYG @ ATL7–3413
202415KC @ CLE21–710
202414JAX @ TEN10–69
202413TB @ CAR26–2314
202412DAL @ WAS34–2612
202411IND @ NYJ28–277
20249MIA @ BUF27–3012
20248MIN @ LA20–3015
20247PHI @ NYG28–311
20246LAC @ DEN23–1610
20245CAR @ CHI10–369
20244JAX @ HOU20–2418
20243KC @ ATL22–1712
20242LV @ BAL26–2314
20241ARI @ BUF28–3414
202318JAX @ TEN20–2811
202317LA @ NYG26–2510
202316CLE @ HOU36–2219
202315TB @ GB34–208
202314DET @ CHI13–2812
202313MIA @ WAS45–155
202312SF @ SEA31–138
202310IND @ NE10–69
20239DAL @ PHI23–2820
20238BAL @ ARI31–2412
20237LAC @ KC17–3110
20236NYG @ BUF9–1416
20234MIN @ CAR21–1313
20233PIT @ LV23–1813
20232GB @ ATL24–2513
20231HOU @ BAL9–2522
202218DAL @ WAS6–268
202217DEN @ KC24–278
202216LV @ PIT10–135
202215IND @ MIN36–3920
202213MIA @ SF17–3312
202212TB @ CLE17–2314
202211CHI @ ATL24–279
202210IND @ LV25–2014
20229GB @ DET9–1515
20227NYG @ JAX23–1721
20226CAR @ LA10–2410
20225PHI @ ARI20–175
20224MIA @ CIN15–2712
20223ATL @ SEA27–238
20222NYJ @ CLE31–3013
20221NYG @ TEN21–2015

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.

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