NFL Officials Predictions

[kentref]

A short article in Sports Illustrated in December tagged Grier and another Referee (I can't recall now which one) as being the two crews that throw the most flags. Wonder if the league puts any stock in that kind of statistic?

A comment by the Fox announcers leads me to believe that the officials, "let the guys play" more in the playoffs. The point was made on a pass play where there appeared to be quite a bit of contact (i.e., holding) on the part of the defensive back.

My personal take is that there were a number of plays in the Indianapolis - New England game in which the defense seemed to be initiating a lot of contact on the receivers. I'm not an expert on NFL rules so it's just my subjective observation.

My vote is for Kukar in the Super Bowl with Ed as the alternate. Yeah, Ed likes to "explain" a lot of the calls, but there's a part of me that likes that.