The NFL has made a point to talk about upgrading the officiating roster, but it doesn’t appear that they’ve culled the herd much this offseason.
Of the seven names on the 2014 roster of 119 officials who were not among the 122 names on the 2015 roster, four were given some degree of promotion or different assignment.
Referee Bill Leavy moved to the league office as an officiating supervisor, while umpire Darrell Jenkins and head linesman Tom Stabile will work as officiating trainers, and line judge Darryll Lewis became an instant replay official.
That left just three names from last year’s list who do not have assignments: Umpire Chad Brown, side judge Jimmy DeBell and back judge Kirk Dornan.