{"id":918019,"date":"2026-10-06T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918019\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:36:23","slug":"nfl-suspends-official-who-was-caught-angrily-swearing-at-player-during-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918019\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL suspends official who was caught angrily swearing at player during game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games on Monday for swearing at Arizona tight end Trey McBride.<\/p>\n

Video captured Seeman cursing at McBride during the Cardinals’ loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, you hate to see it, for obvious reasons,” Arizona coach Mike LaFleur said. “I do want to give the man a little bit of grace, too. I know Jeff. He’s a good man. It’s unfortunate it happened. It can’t happen, obviously, and I’ll leave it at that.”<\/p>\n

The confrontation sparked criticism from union leader JC Tretter, a retired offensive lineman who played eight seasons.<\/p>\n

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

\"Trey<\/p>\n

Trey McBride altercation with referee (Fox)<\/p>\n

The exchange occurred with less than five minutes remaining after officials did not call pass interference or illegal contact on New York’s Dru Phillips, who bumped McBride before a third-and-2 throw from Jacoby Brissett arrived.<\/p>\n

Arizona punted, and the Giants closed out a 36-24 win when Deonte Banks intercepted a Brissett pass and ran it back for a pick-6 as time expired.<\/p>\n

Referee Adrian Hill was also given a one-game suspension for unprofessional conduct in the Miami-Minnesota game. Hill shouted at Eric Wilson and pointed for him to back off when the Vikings linebacker tried to help him up after a collision knocked him down.<\/p>\n

“I just think it’s one of those situations in kind of a high-energy moment there,” Minnesota coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday. “I think stuff like that can happen sometimes, but I don’t have any major concerns, and I think Adrian’s 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.”<\/p>\n

The suspensions were handed down by Ramon George, the league’s vice president of officiating. The NFL Referees Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Officials have faced league discipline for on-field behavior toward players in past seasons.<\/p>\n

Umpire Roy Ellison was penalized twice for his conduct. He received a $9,300 fine and a one-game administrative leave in 2018 after being accused of using a derogatory term toward Buffalo defensive end Jerry Hughes.<\/p>\n

Ellison was also suspended for one game in 2013 after making “a profane and derogatory statement” to Washington left tackle Trent Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL suspended line judge Jeff Seeman for two games on Monday for swearing at Arizona tight end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-918019","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\/918019","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=918019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}