BwareDWare94 723 Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Discuss your impressions of the tendencies of head officials from each game and whether or not you're happy with the NFL's selections. Falcons @ Eagles Head Official: Bill Vinovich Tendencies: Vinovich's crews often call the least amount of penalties, and this season was an excellent example, with multiple games with less than 10 penalties and a by-game average over 3 flags less than the next lowest crew NFL Selection Grade: A++++++++++++++++++ Titans @ Patriots Head Official: Ron Torbert Tendencies: Third highest amount of penalties per game average, but Torbert is not a Carl Cheffers/Jerome Boger type who makes each call about himself and won't mishandle personal fouls or heated situations. Still, it's ridiculous to have the lowest average in game and one of the highest averages in the next. NFL Section Grade: C Jaguars @ Steelers Head Official: Brad Allen Tendencies: his crews don't call a lot of penalties, but they call significantly more DPI, Defensive Holding, or Illegal Contact penalties than the league average and that needs to change this weekend or the league will have significant and obvious differences in how games are called in one weekend. NFL Selection Grade: B Saints @ Vikings Head Official: Gene Steratore Tendencies: Another high penalty official and this could ruin this game if they throw too many flags. However, he protects QBs well and doesn't show favoritism in that regard so I don't think we'll be seeing any cheap shots on Brees or Keenum. That being said, why have 4 very different officials this weekend? This could be bad. NFL Selection Grade: B- Edited January 12, 2018 by BwareDWare94 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATL_Predator+ 1,196 Posted January 12, 2018 Saints @ Vikings Head Official: Gene SteratoreTendencies: Another high penalty official and this could ruin this game if they throw too many flags. However, he protects QBs well and doesn't show favoritism in that regard so I don't think we'll be seeing any cheap shots on Brees or Keenum. That being said, why have 4 very different officials this weekend? This could be bad.NFL Selection Grade: B- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BwareDWare94 723 Posted January 12, 2018 Not a fan of Steratore? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WeaponX20 26 Posted January 13, 2018 Lets hope Morelli doesnt get a playoff game this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BwareDWare94 723 Posted January 13, 2018 These officials from these first two weekends should be the ones on rotation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.AirMcNair. 1,232 Posted January 13, 2018 Pretty sure Torbert is the same dude who had no idea how fumbles work in the Pit/Ten game earlier this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATL_Predator+ 1,196 Posted January 13, 2018 Not a fan of Steratore? The call was neither here nor there with me. What made me mad is how this cunt made this moment all about him in the final moments of the game with his smug look and bullshit folded paper. He can go fuck himself into oblivion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted January 13, 2018 Torbert or Steratore will probably be the super bowl Ref. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BwareDWare94 723 Posted January 13, 2018 Oh dear god no. It needs to be Vinovich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted January 18, 2018 http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000907662/article/gene-steratore-will-be-referee-for-super-bowl-lii Steratore Confirmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATL_Predator+ 1,196 Posted January 20, 2018 Yeah. Looks like I'll have to take a personal trip to Minny and take care of business. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turry 755 Posted January 20, 2018 The call was neither here nor there with me. What made me mad is how this cunt made this moment all about him in the final moments of the game with his smug look and bullshit folded paper. He can go fuck himself into oblivion. Lmao first time I've seen this. what a fucking joke NFL is turning into WWE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteVo+ 3,702 Posted January 20, 2018 Typical keyboard warriors, taking one piece of information and running a marathon with it. The index card was hilariously bad, but Steratore is a pretty good ref all things considered. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos 2,847 Posted January 20, 2018 Typical keyboard warriors, taking one piece of information and running a marathon with it. The index card was hilariously bad, but Steratore is a pretty good ref all things considered. Agreed, Steratore is a fine choice for ref. He's my second favorite behind Vinovich. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites