Unless there is a last-minute substitution like last week, third-year NFL referee Brad Rogers and his crew will be the officials for the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 18 game against the Denver Broncos according to Football Zebras.

This is the first time that Rogers and his crew have officiated a Chiefs game this season. The last time they officiated a game for Kansas City was also the first time. It was in 2020 of Week 7, which was a 43-16 win over the Broncos in Denver. Rogers’ crew called a single penalty on the Chiefs during that game while calling four penalties on the Broncos.

Rogers’ crew has officiated 15 games in the NFL this season, and as a result, his crew is right in the middle of the pack in terms of penalties called. They’ve averaged nearly 12 penalties called per game this season. This crew has also penalized the away team at a slightly lower rate (86 penalties) compared to the away team (92 penalties). The good news about this crew is that they lead the NFL in dismissed penalties with 42, which means they do a good job of correcting their mistakes.

Offensive holding (46) has far and away been the most frequent penalty called by this crew. The next closest penalties are false start (28) defensive pass interference (18) and unnecessary roughness (11). They’ve only called two taunting penalties this season, so that shouldn’t be a big problem during this game.