Category Archives: Week 13

$55K fines, but 0 yards, assessed for Ravens’ face-altering, concussing hits

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Ben Austro

Week 13: Steelers at Ravens Two Ravens players who had hits that were not penalized were fined by the league Monday night. Haloti Ngata was fined $15,000 for a hit that Picassoed the face of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and should make … Continue reading →

So Suh me! Hochuli, Esq., explains his call

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Ben Austro

Week 13: Bears at Lions As a follow-up to the Ndamukong Suh penalty, referee Ed Hochuli (whose weekday and offseason job is a trial lawyer) explained his call following Sunday’s game, as he saw it: Q: The personal foul on … Continue reading →

Head ref tells ‘SNF’ crew it was helmet hit, but, please, there is no Steeler conspiracy

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Ben Austro

Week 13: Steelers at Ravens A third quarter hit on Steelers receiver Heath Miller by Ravens linebacker Jameel McClain sounded pretty bad (video and audio), and the Steelers’ faithful were waiting for the penalty. There was none. Overruled by the … Continue reading →

Suh’s 2nd personal foul for clean play

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Ben Austro

Week 13: Bears at Lions Ndamukong Suh, the Lions defensive tackle who was penalized erroneously for a horse-collar tackle two weeks ago, encores with another unearned 15-yarder. This time, head referee Ed Hochuli threw a flag on a tackle Suh … Continue reading →

Week 13 open forum, assignments

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Ben Austro

Let us know of any controversial calls in Week 13 in the comments section of this post. We had a few late-week developments that we haven’t had time to report on, so stay tuned. Referee assignments are after the jump.