Week 1 Officiating: Meet Alan Eck and Crew
Name: Alan Eck
Age: 57
Promoted To Referee: 2023
Last Game: Wildcard Wekend 2026 (01/11/26) SF @ PHI
Last Lions Game: 12/14/25 – DET 31 @ LAR 41
The Detroit Lions committed 4 penalties for 25 yards. They were flagged a total of 5 times.
The Los Angeles Rams committed 2 penalties for 8 yards. They were flagged a total of 3 times.
Together there were 6 penalties for 33 yards. There were 8 total flags in this game.
Notable
Alan Eck and crew remain largely intact form last season, with a handful of changes including a new Field Judge (Fred Dimpfel) coming in from the ACC and a new Umpire (Paul King) that was part of the Swing Crew last season. Eck's crew also added Ken Hall as replay Assistant, who was on Craig Wrolstad's crew last year.
Continuity is key for this crew, as they were consistently ranked in the bottom three in terms of the volume of penalties assessed last season. They had an emphasis on the Line of Scrimmage, with (Offensive Holding, False Starts and Illegal shifts three of their top 5 most called penalties. DPI was also a top 5a long with Unnecessary Roughness, so it's unlikely this crew will let any shenanigans fester before throwing the flags. Of note, they tend to call more penalties on the away squad, so that should be a direct benefit to the Lions this week.
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