Week 11 Officiating: Meet Alex Kemp and Crew

Name: Alex Kemp

Age: 52

Promoted To Referee: 2018

Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras

Last Game: Week 10 2025 TB @ NE

Last Lions Game: 09/03/24 – SEA 29 @ DET 42

• The Seattle Seahawks committed 9 penalties for 70 yards. They were flagged a total of 10 times.

• The Detroit Lions committed 12 penalties for 101 yards. They were flagged a total of 15 times.

• Together there were 21 penalties for 171 yards. There were 25 total flags in this game.

Notable

With the season apparently back on the rails now that Campbell has taken over offensive play calling duties, the Lions went into DC and easily handled the Commanders last week. The offense looked much crisper and more efficient while committing a season-low three penalties and scoring 44 points. Coincidentally, the other game with that few penalties vs Chicago, which they put up 52 points, their two greatest offensive outputs this year. Hmmmmm

This week looks to be another chance to keep improving, although Alex Kemps crew throwing the 7th most flag in the NFL this year, evenly split between home and away, with a handful more against the home team. Looking at the trends, both teams commit four of the top five penalties called by this crew, with the Eagles OL really getting scrutiny for Offensive Holding and False Starts. Both teams commit DPI at the same rate, but the Lions' DBs get more Defensive Holdings called than the Eagles, which may be a reputation thing. The last penalty, which neither team gets called for a ton that Kemps' crew looks out for is Face Mask, which they seem to call about one per game.