[1] Prior to his NFL career, from 1985 to 1990 Green was a Judiciary Committee staff person under then-Senator Joe Biden.

In 1994,[2] Green, a resident of Potomac Falls, Virginia,[5] co-founded the Lafayette Group with Charles B. DeWitt, a Washington, D.C., government contractor that focuses on public safety and emergency management;[1] as of 2014 the firm employs 90 people.

Green did not realize that New York's Rich Seubert had lined up legally in a receiver's spot and failed to award a penalty when he was interfered with following an attempted field goal, instead penalizing him.

Green became a full-time referee at the start of the 2005 NFL season after Grier was forced to retire due to a leg injury.

[10] The incident has prompted the NFL to discuss "potential administrative improvements for replay that would help to prevent this type of mistake in the future.