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Week 6

SUN, OCT 16
Carolina at Atlanta – Pete Morelli
Indianapolis at Cincinnati – John Parry
San Francisco at Detroit – Mike Carey
St. Louis at Green Bay – Ed Hochuli
Philadelphia at Washington – Bill Leavy
Buffalo at NY Giants – Clete Blakeman
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh – Ron Winter
Houston at Baltimore – Gene Steratore
Cleveland at Oakland – Carl Cheffers
Dallas at New England – Walt Coleman
New Orleans at Tampa Bay – Jerome Boger
Minnesota at Chicago – Walt Anderson

MON, OCT 17
Miami at NY Jets – Tony Corrente

Bye: Denver, Tennessee, Kansas City, Arizona, San Diego, Seattle

Comments

        • It is through the media only access on the Steelers website. I work at a small newspaper, which doesn’t cover the team in person but it at least allows me access to the site. It isn’t available to the general public. But they put it up on Tuesdays usually. You can choose not to believe me, but anyone with access to the Steelers media site will see the same thing.

          • This is very simple. Under normal circumstances, Leavy in Pittsburgh is a complete and utter impossibility. One, he worked Jacksonville just three weeks ago. Two, he worked Pittsburgh just four weeks ago.

            It’s not entirely impossible for him to work that game, but there’d have to be some extraordinary circumstances as to why no other referee would be selected first…

            If Leavy does have that game, you have my sincere apologies, and I hope you will help assist with Steelers assignments in the future.

          • Perhaps he’s a fill in. Does anyone know his full crew? The rest as listed on the card are U 76 Darrell Jenkins, HL 54 George Hayward, LJ 9 Mark Perlman, FJ 63 Jim Quirk, SJ 87 Keith Parham and BJ 61 Keith Ferguson.

          • That’s his normal crew, so he wouldn’t be a fill-in. The other members of the crew are Replay Assistant Stewart and Video Official Oldham.

          • The other theory is someone at Steelers HQ made an error. But this is what they’re telling the Steelers media as of Tuesday. I’ll keep checking periodically to see if they change it.

          • I’ll learn at least two more assignments within the next day or so, as well. If either Parry or Leavy are on them, we should know what’s what. And even if not, we might be able to figure everything out by process of elimination.

          • As for the Steelers assignments going forward, I’m on the site a lot anyway, so I’ll be glad to post what the card says when it becomes available. You know, assuming that the card is accurate.

        • If there’s a way to post an attachment for viewing (not a website since it is restricted access), I would gladly put up a link to the card right here. Just tell me how it’s done.

          • You ought to be able to save the PDF to your computer, then email it. It might also be possible to upload it to a photo website.

            I’ll take a look at it – email to prethut@yahoo.com

          • Hey Brian,

            Where on the site is the Steelers flip card? Been looking for years on their site and cannot find it.

          • It is on the media only portion of the site, for which you need to be approved by the club as a legit member of the media. It is password protected. I work at a newspaper, so that is what got me in.

          • Hmm… you’re right. It appears to both be completely legit, and not a mistake like the flip card of a previous matchup between these two teams. Rosters and depth charts are current, etc…

            I’m still quite shocked that they’ve apparently scheduled Leavy to do this game. Is it extraordinary circumstances? Doubtful, because the entire crew is Leavy’s. I’m thinking the 6-week rule is no longer a formal rule…

          • Not quite sure why. Perhaps it’s an issue with a ref/crew being disciplined for some reason. Or another crew needed taken off the game for some reason. But the team has said nothing to the effect that this wasn’t the crew from the get-go.

          • BREAKING NEWS: The team has updated the flip card. Now Ron Winter is listed as the ref. So someone at Steelers HQ must be using a template from the first home game where Leavy was the ref. It was just posted today.

          • At least this solves the “Why is Leavy in Pittsburgh again?” mystery. If you need the proof. I can send you the new copy later. But Winter is now listed. I just think someone with the team messed up because I’m sure they set the schedule far in advance for who is doing what game.

          • The mystery wasn’t that Leavy was in Pittsburgh a second time – it’s perfectly valid for a crew to work two home games for a team. It was that he was scheduled to work both Pittsburgh and Jacksonville too soon.

  12. David, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but none of your four will be in Baltimore. It’s going to be Steratore, according to the team, even though he hasn’t had a week off, as has been pointed out…

      • David, tracking weeks off remains a very effective way of figuring out assignments. You just need to understand the rules behind it.

        I am now working off the assumption that these four crews are off this week, until proven otherwise:

        Green, McAulay, Triplette, Riveron

  14. Of the remaining games, Triplette is only eligible for IND/CIN and McAulay is only eligible for PHI/WAS by process of elimination. Or they might be off this week. Not sure though…

  15. Mickey:

    Brian emailed me a flip card of the Steelers-Jaguars game. I am in agreement – it appears to be indisputable proof that Leavy, and his regular crew, will that game.

    Very interesting, to say the least.

  18. The only week 6 game Ron Winter is eligible to officiate is CAR @ ATL since he officiated NYG @ WSH in week 1, DAL @ SF in week 2, DET @ MIN in week 3, and IND @ TB in week 4. He did not officiate any week 5 games.

  22. Here’s who eligible for the remaining games

    CAR @ ATL – Boger, Carey, Morelli

    SF @ DET – Carey, Leavy, Morelli

    PHI @ WSH – Boger, Carey, Leavy

    NO @ TB – Boger, Carey, Leavy, Morelli

    This is also going off of Preth’s assumption on who’s on a bye this week.

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