Week 10 Officiating: Meet Clay Martin and Crew (again)
Name: Clay Martin
Age: 51
Promoted To Referee: 2018
Last Game: 10/25/26 DAL@IND
The Dallas Cowboys committed 14 penalties for 153 yards. They were flagged a total of 14 times.
The Indianapolis Colts committed 9 penalties for 67 yards. They were flagged a total of 12 times.
Together there were 23 penalties for 220 yards. There were 26 total flags in this game.
Last Lions Game: 10/04/26 – DET 26 @ CAR 32
The Detroit Lions committed 9 penalties for 67 yards. They were flagged a total of 13 times.
The Carolina Panthers committed 8 penalties for 60 yards. They were flagged a total of 12 times.
Together there were 17 penalties for 127 yards. There were 25 total flags in this game.
Notable
The Lions are now on a streak of officials who are in the bottom half of penalties per game, although it didn't feel like it last week, nor te last time they drew Martin's crew back in Week 4. Clay Martin and Crew refed the Lions loss at Carolina back in Week 4, but this is a different team than then, especially with the way the defense is being called and playing. Regardless, this crew still throws a bunch of flags, just not as many as their peers, so our friends in Germany will get a chance to see how game flow can be interrupted when the yellow laundry hits the tuff,
Both the Patriots and Lions align with Offensive Holding, False Start and DPI as their top three penalties, with Defensive Holding lower, but on both teams top penalty list. The Lions also have been popped for Illegal formation, completing a five-for-five match of penalties with Martin's Crew tendencies.
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