Story byMike FlorioSun, December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM UTC·3 min readTo have any true credibility, NFL officiating must have transparency. Ideally, someone from the league would be available to the media every week to answer any/all questions about calls made and not made in the prior weekend of games. For now, the NFL puts Walt Anderson on NFL Network every Sunday morning to address one or two hand-picked officiating decisions from the seven preceding days. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt's better than nothing, but it's still closer to nothing than enough. Equally important in transparency is candor. On Sunday, Anderson acknowledged that the officials erred when calling a key intentional grounding penalty on Washington late in last Sunday night's Broncos-Commanders game. Said NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay immediately after the call was made: “This is absolutely not grounding.