Referees for Saturday

[NorthHawk]

I stumbled upon this tidbit on ESPN:

Referee: Brad Allen

Lions' history in his games: 0-2

Seahawks' history in his games: 2-1

Allen worked two Lions games this season, a Week 2 loss to the Tennessee Titans and a Week 8 loss to the Texans. In the Week 2 game, he called a whopping 31 penalties -- including 18 against the Lions -- in a game in which the Lions gave up a 12-point fourth-quarter lead. ... That game was not an aberration; Allen's crew called at least 20 penalties in five games and finished the season with an NFL-high average of 18.4 penalties per game. ... In particular, his crew led the NFL with 62 offensive holding penalties and 30 for defensive pass interference.



It might be a laundry fest.

[EmeraldBullet]

Hmm....not sure how well that bodes for us honestly.

[Seahawkfan80]

NFC Wild Card: Lions at Seahawks, 8:15 p.m. NBC

Brad Allen, who is in his 3rd season, is the referee for the Lions-Seahawks matchup. This is Allen’s first playoff assignment in his second year of eligibility. Allen was hired directly to the referee position from the NCAA in 2014.

Yrs 2016 crew College Occupation
R 122 Brad Allen 3 Pembroke State non-profit CEO
U 44 Jeff Rice 22 Coleman Northwestern attorney
HL 134 Ed Camp 16 Boger William Paterson physical education teacher
LJ 18 Byron Boston 22 Anderson Austin tax consultant
FJ 103 Eugene Hall 3 Boger North Texas federal agent
SJ 73 Joe Larrew 15 Blakeman St Louis attorney
BJ 46 Perry Paganelli 19 Parry Hope College retired high school administrator
Replay: Jim Lapetina
Alternates: Walt Anderson (R), Jeff Lamberth (SJ), Mike Weatherford (FJ)


It is a mix of refs from the teams second list line. Dunno what this is gonna make things look like at all???.

[Zorn76]

Meh.
It won't matter really.
There is zero excuse not to win this game, IMO.
A 10+ penalty day hasn't been all that unusual over the last 7 yrs now.

We'll do it...Seahawks, 27-17.