01-20-2023, 12:28 PM
Let me offer my perspective on this issue of the referees.
1. Game officials have tendencies and Carl Cheffers is no different. Certainly.
2. Cheffers' tendencies, as noted by various analysts (more calls favoring home team, etc.) are more advantageous to the Bills than the Bengals. Certainly.
3. But, and this is a "big but," those tendencies are been culled mostly from regular-season games, not playoff games. The reality is the NFL does not like to see playoff games that have a lot of penalties called. And, the spotlight on game officials is much more intense in playoff games.
My own expectation based on point 3 is that this will be a fairly called game. At least that is my hope.
1. Game officials have tendencies and Carl Cheffers is no different. Certainly.
2. Cheffers' tendencies, as noted by various analysts (more calls favoring home team, etc.) are more advantageous to the Bills than the Bengals. Certainly.
3. But, and this is a "big but," those tendencies are been culled mostly from regular-season games, not playoff games. The reality is the NFL does not like to see playoff games that have a lot of penalties called. And, the spotlight on game officials is much more intense in playoff games.
My own expectation based on point 3 is that this will be a fairly called game. At least that is my hope.
