Christopher Gates has been the lead writer at The Daily Norseman since the site launched in July of 2006, covering the Minnesota Vikings day in and day out.
For the first time in a long time, we might actually have a case of accountability for an NFL official.
In a story that I managed to somehow miss from last week, the folks from Football Zebras are reporting that Tra Blake has been demoted from referee down to umpire, meaning that he will no longer be leading an NFL officiating crew.
Blake, if you’ll recall, is the official who was staring right at Sam Darnold on a play in the Minnesota Vikings’ loss to the Los Angeles Rams that saw Rams’ defender Byron Young grab Darnold by his face mask and drag him down for a sack in the end zone.