Week 4 Officiating: Meet Shawn Smith and Crew

Name: Shawn Smith

Age: 44

Promoted To Referee: 2018

Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras

Last Game: Week 3 2025 DEN @ LAC

Last Lions Game: 11/12/23 – DET 41 @ LAC 38

• The Detroit Lions committed 4 penalties for 44 yards. They were flagged a total of 5 times.

• The Los Angeles Chargers committed 3 penalties for 36 yards. They were flagged a total of 4 times.

• Together there were 7 penalties for 80 yards. There were 9 total flags in this game.

Shawn Smith’s crew has officiated three games this year and it’s not good news for either the Home (DET) or away (CLE) teams, as this crew is in the top 4 in every major Per game Penalty avg for the season. Both the Lions and Browns fall into the penalty trends of Smith’s crew, with Offensive Holding and Defensive Pass Interference a problem for both teams. The Lions will have to be mindful of Unnecessary Roughness and Defensive Holding calls, while the Browns D-Line under Jim Schwartz is very twitchy and may continue to rack up Defensive offsides and Encroachment penalties if Goff can use his cadence effectively.