Week 16

[over the mountain]

Did the NFL call in to Hochuli to tell him to throw a flag on a missed face mask call? Certainly looked that way and if so, just another reminder of how bad this league is run.

Replay rules state they cannot be used to determine a penalty. I think the NFL decided to secretly start doing this in prime time games after so many botched prime time games this year. But will it be applied evenly? Is it fair to all 32 teams?

Hochuli appeared to have help in making a facemasking call | ProFootballTalk

"The league has already adopted new policies during the playoffs to allow increased communication between the league’s officiating office and the referee on the field, although those policies expressly prohibit the league office from telling the ref to throw a penalty flag."