Overview
- Line judge Jeff Seeman was suspended two games after video from Sunday showed him appearing to tell Arizona tight end Trey McBride “f— you” during a late third-and-2 dispute at MetLife Stadium.
- Referee Adrian Hill received a one-game ban for an on-field outburst toward Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson after Wilson was accidentally pushed into Hill during a play that had been whistled dead.
- The suspensions were announced by NFL vice president of officiating Ramon George and were described by the league as punishments for “an instance of unprofessional conduct toward a player.”
- The actions followed viral broadcast clips, scrutiny from lip-readers and social media, and public condemnation from NFLPA executive director JC Tretter, while CBS sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala said she did not hear McBride use profanity.
- The move breaks with the league’s usual internal evaluations by issuing visible, short-term bans and revives debate over discipline parity for officials and players, echoing past punishments such as umpire Roy Ellison’s suspensions.