Like usual, they'll spot the ball and assess — with the help of the chain gang — what is and is not a first down. Meanwhile, ...

The NFL will engage its Competition Committee on technology to take virtual line-to-gain measurements next season. Read more ...

Carlvainsky Decius is an emerging defensive back who has steadily developed into a playmaker throughout his collegiate career. Hailing from New Carrollton, Maryland, Decius attended Parkdale High ...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that the league will continue to look at ways to help on-field officials ...

The NFL says that the human element of spotting the ball during plays cannot and will not be replaced, despite advances in ...

A controversial ball spot in the AFC championship game invited criticism of the NFL's system for measuring first downs.

The NFL will engage its Competition Committee on technology to take virtual line-to-gain measurements next season, but officials will continue to spot the football ... after the ball is spotted ...

The system, which the NFL has tested in game conditions in recent seasons, would involve the football being ... in which officials’ spot of the ball on a fourth-down sneak by Buffalo Bills ...

And in every NFL football, there is a coin-sized chip ... For now, it still requires human officials to spot the ball; only then does it virtually measure distance to the first-down line.