{"id":917405,"date":"2026-10-05T21:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917405\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T21:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:14:16","slug":"nfl-suspends-line-judge-for-swearing-at-cardinals-trey-mcbride-during-game-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917405\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL suspends line judge for swearing at Cardinals\u2019 Trey McBride during game | Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL<\/a> has suspended a line judge two games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride.<\/p>\n

Line judge Jeff Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride<\/a> during the Cardinals\u2019 loss at the New York Giants on Sunday. The incident drew the ire of union leader JC Tretter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,\u201d Tretter, the NFL Players Association\u2019s executive director, said on social media along with a video clip of the incident. \u201cPlayers are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The incident took place with just under five minutes left after officials did not call a penalty on New York\u2019s Dru Phillips on a crucial third down, which the Cardinals did not convert. McBride questioned the call and Seeman appeared to respond to his appeal by saying \u201cfuck you\u201d. Arizona punted and the Giants went on to win the game 36-24. McBride did not address the incident in his postgame comments.<\/p>\n

Referee Adrian Hill was also suspended on Monday for unprofessional conduct in the Miami-Minnesota game. Hill yelled at Eric Wilson and pointed for him to get away after the Vikings linebacker tried to help him to his feet after a collision knocked him over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think it\u2019s one of those situations in kind of a high-energy moment there,\u201d Minnesota coach Kevin O\u2019Connell said Monday. \u201cI think stuff like that can happen sometimes, but I don\u2019t have any major concerns, and I think Adrian\u2019s a really good official and does a really good job. I think that was just kind of fast moment that happened, and we can put it behind us, hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson said he had no issues with Hill\u2019s conduct. \u201cThat was funny, honestly,\u201d Wilson told reporters after the game. \u201cI ended up apologizing to him and explained the situation. He was cool about it. He understood what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The league\u2019s vice president of officiating, Ramon George, issued the suspensions.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time an official has been punished for his interactions with a player on the field.<\/p>\n

Umpire Roy Ellison was punished twice for his behavior. In 2018, he was fined $9,300 and placed on administrative leave for one game after he was accused of calling Buffalo defensive end Jerry Hughes by a derogatory term. Ellison was also suspended for one game in 2013 for making \u201ca profane and derogatory statement\u201d to Washington left tackle Trent Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL has suspended a line judge two games for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride. Line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-917405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}