2015 AFC Divisional Playoff
Follow us here for rolling coverage of the calls and rules interpretations of the Chiefs-Patriots Divisional Playoff game from Gilette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. If you have any questions or comments, use the comments section of this post or tweet us @footballzebras.
Today’s crew is headed by Craig Wrolstad.
| Yrs | 2015 crew | College | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4 | Craig Wrolstad | 13 | Washington | athletic director | |
| U | 81 | Roy Ellison | 13 | Wrolstad | Savannah State | technical staff member |
| HL | 110 | Phil McKinnely | 14 | Vinovich | UCLA | inventory control |
| LJ | 59 | Rusty Baynes | 6 | Hochuli | Auburn-Montgomery | general manager, safety services |
| FJ | 41 | Boris Cheek | 20 | Coleman | Morgan State | director of operations and management |
| SJ | 60 | Gary Cavaletto | 13 | Vinovich | Hancock | general manager, agricultural operations |
| BJ | 105 | Dino Paganelli | 10 | Steratore | Aquinas College | educator |
- Replay official: Mike Wimmer
- Alternates: Bill Vinovich (R), Dan Ferrell (U), Byron Boston (LJ)
Well, that’s 1 pretty blatent hold and a mild push off let go..
New England got away with roughing the passer. We have all seen less called. Pathetic non call.
Hochuli isn’t on this game. Did he get bumped?
It seems like this crew doesn’t call anything. No penalties in the 1st quarter
Shawn Hochuli is in Denver. Our source must have flipped it
So I guess leading with the crown of the helmet is a penalty this week. So much inconsistency…..don’t try to justify it.
Bring back re[placement officials!
@Mark Schultz…wasn’t the Patriots the receiving team at 8:59 of the 2nd qtr?
And now we know that roughing the passer only goes one way.
@8:59 2nd qtr.
Say that Amendola commits the same foul, but the ball bounces into the end zone. Would the Patriots then get the ball at the 10? That is, the touchback occurs and then the penalty is half the distance to the goal?
BPM the. 2 plays were different the first one was not rtp the second one .
Back Judge (very short guy who would never have been hired but for his dad – the NFL does not hire short officials generally)just missed a big ICT on Chiefs receiver in EZ. Material effect shove in shoulder, well beyond the healthy five. Right in from of him, on 3rd down. Should be a first down and instead they have to kick for 3. Simply terrible WTF was he looking at? I guess he couldn’t see up that high.
Sorry Ed, lesser hits then the first one get called all the time. If you don’t realize this – then you haven’t been watching long. Of course, it helps if you are one of the golden boy qbs….
Horrible call by Wrolstad on that Brady scramble. And I’m a KC fan.
Shawn Hochuli will be in Denver tomorrow
Just wondering why a nearby kc receiver was being tackled with no call on the 4th and 10 call. Oh hey, and its a non-int, unlike the TD call in the steelers game. Guess you have to actually catch the ball this week.
How is that not a foul on Hightower? Just brutal. Terrible terrible terrible.
Another “great” game by the part timers. Game outcome predicted on the first drive by NE…
It’s all about $$$$. Small markets team don’t have a chance.
The official never make calls based on who the teams are they make call based on the plays
They did a good job
Just like the post a few back said; “It’s all about the money.” KC got penalized for the same thing NE did, but NE didn’t get penalized. That’s ok, someone will put NE in their place one day on a level no one will ever forget, it’s only a matter of time…..
Watch the 49ers vs ravens SB and tell us how officials don’t choose the winner, Ed..
They did not the last play was not pi . Did you lose money on the game?
If I had bet on the game, Ed, why would I ever bet against NE? And who said I was talking about PI? How about the textbook helmet to helmet non-call? Or the “best” officials deciding that holding doesn’t apply at the end of the game?
Or even the kickoff return TD. Pretty good lane when a guy gets badly held..