The National Football League has suspended two officials for unprofessional conduct during Sunday’s games.

Veteran referee Adrian Hill was suspended for one game for getting in the face of Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson. Line judge Jeff Seeman was suspended two games for apparently cursing at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride.

In a statement via NFL.com, the league said that vice president of officiating Ramon George issued the suspensions for “[instances] of unprofessional conduct toward a player.”

During the first quarter of the Vikings’ 15-10 win over the Miami Dolphins, the defense lined up to blitz but the two rushers off the edge crossed the line of scrimmage before the snap. Wilson was blitzing, but his rush was picked up by Dolphins running back Ollie Gordon II. Despite the play being blown dead, Wilson attempted to wrap up quarterback Malik Willis but was shoved from behind by Gordon into Hill, who fell to the ground. Wilson reached out to help Hill up, but Hill scrambled to his feet and yelled at Wilson while pointing toward the Vikings’ side of the field. The down judge pushed Wilson, who was visibly confused, back toward the line, while Hill called an offsides penalty on Vikings edge rusher Dallas Turner.

With five minutes left to play in the Cardinals’ 36-24 loss to the New York Giants, McBride reached for a pass from QB Jacoby Brissett, but was knocked to the ground by cornerback Dru Phillips. McBride pleaded for a flag with Seeman while a staff member guided him away from the play. A close-up shot of the altercation posted on X by NFL Players’ Association executive director J.C. Tretter showed Seeman appearing to say the words “[expletive] you” twice while McBride was on the sideline.

“This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,” Tretter captioned his post. “Players are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.”

CBS sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala was standing at the spot and said on X that McBride was saying “please” while pleading his case and his harshest comment was “[y]ou’re ruining the game.” She said he did not curse at the official.

Both teams’ head coaches downplayed the incidents and spoke highly of the officials on Monday.

“I just think it’s one of those situations in a high energy moment there, that I think stuff like that can happen sometimes,” Minnesota’s Kevin O’Connell said. “But I don’t have any major concerns. I think Adrian’s a really good official and does a really good job, and I think that was just kind of a fast moment that happened, and we can put it behind us, hopefully.”

Cardinals head coach Mike LaFleur did not opine on the call itself.

“Obviously you hate to see it, for obvious reasons,” he said of the suspension. “I don’t need to go further than that, but I do want to give the man a little bit of grace, too. I know Jeff, he’s a good man. It’s unfortunate it happened. It can’t happen, obviously. And I'll leave it at that.”

The NFL Referees Association said in a statement Tuesday that the suspensions were “excessive and inconsistent with past precedent,” and intended to challenge the severity of the league’s actions. It also said it planned to meet with the Officiating Department to discuss the league’s disciplinary standards and the NFL Players Association to discuss “on-field conduct and the growing levels of confrontation between players and officials.”

The referees union’s Executive Director Scott Green conceded that the officials’ conduct was out of line, but so were the punishments.

“Officials are routinely subjected to highly charged interactions and, at times, verbal abuse from players and coaches,” he said. “While that never excuses misconduct by an official, it shouldn’t be dismissed as simply part of the game. The League expects the highest level of professionalism from its officials, and it should demand the same from everyone on the field.

“We will defend the principle that discipline must be fair, consistent and proportionate. Holding officials accountable while ignoring or minimizing the conduct directed at them is neither fair nor an effective way to address this issue. We look forward to working with the League and [the Players Association] toward that shared goal.”