The officials have gotten a lot of attention this week because of theories that they favor the Chiefs.
There is another interesting thing about the Super Bowl 2025 crew, though.
Two of the officials are in just their third season with the NFL, which is a departure from past policy that required officials to have five or more years of experience to be considered for the Super Bowl.
Umpire Mike Morton and down judge Max Causey are both in their third seasons as officials.
Morton also worked the NFC Championship game, which was unusual because the NFL used to keep officials working the Super Bowl out of championship games to avoid them being part of any controversies in that game that could carry over to the Super Bowl.
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Ramon George took over as vice president of officiating training and development last offseason and made the changes.
“That’s a huge departure,” Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira, who oversaw the league’s officials from 1997-2009, said this week. “I always felt like it took five years to get to the level to where you’ll feel comfortable going in front of thousands of people, and now you’ve got not only a third-year official, you’ve got a third-year umpire who worked [the NFC Championship] in Philadelphia. When I saw this, I was very surprised.”