702 wrote:Someone posted a story about their buddy getting pushed by Embiid while playing catch??

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd8nhLyljBz/

heyeaglefn wrote:Hochuli got the Eagles game.

laf837 wrote:ugh. he stinks on ice

gpicaro wrote:Scouting Playoff Refs

That was from Wild-Card weekend, but Hochuli did the Falcons/Rams game so there is a write up there about him

Hochuli's regular-season crew was much friendlier to defensive backs, and more dangerous to wide receivers, than most of the league's officials. It called the league's highest total of offensive pass interference calls (18) and the second-lowest total of defensive pass interference, defensive holding and illegal contact penalties combined (29). That's the kind of discrepancy that will pop out to both teams, regardless of whether Hochuli's postseason crew is scrambled.

Gimpy wrote:That’s interesting. I wonder if coaches game plan at all based on refs. Probably not.

phillychuck wrote:I'm very interested in comparing the Eagles' defense at home with the Vikings' defense on the road. Any idea where I should look for these splits? I can't seem to find them by googling...

Bucky wrote:

Gimpy wrote:That’s interesting. I wonder if coaches game plan at all based on refs. Probably not.

maybe not total 'game plan', but i'm certain they're aware of the crew's tendencies and will talk about them with the team to be in a position to try to exploit them to an advantage.

“Our job is to play. It's somebody else's job to officiate. We let them do their job and we try to do our job the best that we can. I think you can get in trouble if we try to anticipate the way something is going to get called or something like that. Like I said, we have a personality; we've played with it for 16 games, we've played with it for training camp, for preseason games and now one playoff game, and I think we'll stick with that.” — Jim Schwartz, asked if he believes referees let more contact go uncalled in the playoffs.

1 wrote:Gonna watch it