NFL Announces Officials for Super Bowl LIX
The National Football League (NFL) has announced the officials for Super Bowl LIX, which will take place on February 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The officials, led by referee Ron Torbert, have a combined total of seven previous Super Bowl officiating experiences.
Torbert, who will be officiating his second Super Bowl, previously worked Super Bowl LVI, where the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. Side judge Boris Cheek will also be officiating his fourth Super Bowl, having previously worked Super Bowl XLII, Super Bowl 50, and Super Bowl LIV.
The rest of the officiating crew includes umpire Mike Morton, who played seven NFL seasons as an outside linebacker and won a Super Bowl ring with the St. Louis Rams in the 1999 season; down judge Max Causey; line judge Mark Stewart; field judge Mearl Robinson; back judge Jonah Moore; and replay official Kevin Brown.
The participants for Super Bowl LIX have not yet been decided, with the NFC’s sixth-seeded Washington Commanders or No. 2 seed Philadelphia Eagles set to face the AFC’s second-seeded Buffalo Bills or No. 1 Kansas City in the big game.
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