The NFL has a star-studded matchup in primetime for the first Sunday Night Football game of 2025. In a rematch of last season’s AFC Divisional Round playoff game, the Buffalo Bills play host to the Baltimore Ravens to open the regular season. It’s a showdown that features the last two NFL MVPs in Lamar Jackson and reigning MVP Josh Allen. Recently, football fans have taken a keen interest in referee assignments for each game, thanks in large part to what many see as unfair rulings in prior seasons. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the head official assigned to Sunday’s game: John Hussey.
Drawing Hussey assigns Bills-Ravens with the lead official who called the fewest amount of penalties in 2024. Hussey (and his crew) called 184 accepted penalties in 2024. The Ravens weren’t assigne