Report: SVP Of Officiating Dean Blandino Leaving NFL

Big news: Sr VP of Officiating Dean Blandino has informed the @NFL he's leaving to take a job at a network, sources tell @AKinkhabwala & me.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 14, 2017

Here is the memo that went to all 32 NFL teams this morning: pic.twitter.com/q03OxMg3xz

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 14, 2017

NFL's VP of officiating Dean Blandino is expected to pull a Romo and go into TV a la @MikePereira, per sources. More money, less stress.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 14, 2017

Just as @NFL centralizes replay process in NY, Sr VP of Officiating Dean Blandino is resigning. For a TV job. (@RapSheet and I confirmed.)

— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) April 14, 2017

Incredible. The NFL needs Blandino. The rest of this story's going to be very interesting. https://t.co/SkRFQdXqYp

— Peter King (@peter_king) April 14, 2017

Thought Blandino would be in the job for 15 yrs. He was excellent at it. Encyclopedic about rules. Flatliner about immense controversies.

— Peter King (@peter_king) April 14, 2017

Whoever has that job is going to be criticized, but @DeanBlandino did the job very very well. It won't be easy for the NFL to replace him.

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 14, 2017

Agree with this. Blandino did a great job in tough role. Big loss for NFL and the timing with centralized replay coming couldn't be worse. https://t.co/xgHJiTdXjL

— Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) April 14, 2017