TTL News 313 Posted November 27, 2023 Quote Sean Hochuli and his crew are drawing heavy criticism at halftime of the Buffalo Bills’ matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. At halftime, the Bills have been penalized 10 times for 75 yards to just one penalty for the Eagles for five yards. While many of the Bills’ penalties cannot be disputed, there have been several missed penalties by the officiating crew in regards to the Eagles. Just how bad has it been? National media members are calling out Hochuli and his crew over missed pass interference penalties, a blatant horse collar and more. Read more here. What do you think about this game, or officiating in general this year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 2,196 Posted November 27, 2023 The "officiating" this year has been bad across the board, but last night was the worst case of it I've seen ever. Absolutely ridiculous. Two missed field goals lost the Bills the game*, but the refs were not helping. * I believe McD's call to run out the 20 seconds left and go to OT was BS. You have a quarterback with an arm like a cannon. Play a down or two and see if anything opens up down in field goal range. If not, then take a knee. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 2,196 Posted November 28, 2023 Not to belabor the point, but I thought this was an interesting article on the subject ( it should be a freebie ) Quote On second-and-goal from Philly’s 3-yard line, linebacker Hasson Reddick caught Josh Allen and nearly slung him to the grass. Right before Allen’s right elbow hit the ground, he released the ball for what he thought should be an incomplete pass. Many watching thought Reddick should have been flagged for a horse collar tackle. Neither happened. Hochuli and his crew huddled and eventually ruled intentional grounding only. “He’s responsible for where the ball goes given that he started his throwing motion after he was contacted,” Hochuli told a pool reporter after the game. “So we didn’t feel like the ball was in the vicinity or the area of an eligible receiver.” The Bills believe receiver Gabriel Davis was close enough. “They said that Gabe was not in the area,” McDermott said. “From the information I got, Gabe was in the area.” Hochuli explained the decision not to call the horse collar was because it was deemed Reddick’s “force was from the front of the collar and what pulled him down was not from the back. So that’s pretty much it. We felt that he was pulled down from the front of the jersey and collar.” True enough, Allen’s collar was stretched and torn in front, likely influencing Hochuli’s decision to swallow his whistle on the call. Rather than a likely touchdown, Buffalo tried a 34-yard field goal. Bass’ kick was blocked. No points. Read the rest here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
