Ask Times NFL writer Sam Farmer, and he will answer as many as he can online and in the Sunday editions of the newspaper throughout the season. Does the NFL track how many flags are thrown during games, and which referees are more prone to throw a flag? Martin Zaehringer, VenturaFarmer: Each week during the season, every officiating crew is evaluated by one of the league’s officiating supervisors, all former game officials. “One officiating crew calls something one way, and another calls it another. All of a sudden one week they’re just calling everything under the sun that even looks like it’s something, and then the next crew calls nothing.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2019 13:02 UTC