And the Referee Crew for this game is . . .

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

The referee for the #Chiefs vs #Bengals game will be Bill Vinovich. His crew called the least amount of penalties in the NFL at 148. He worked the Browns and at Raiders game this year. He worked the AFC Championship last year vs Bills and Super Bowl LIV vs the 49ers. pic.twitter.com/ooTPamdROg

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) January 24, 2022

Also of note: Bill Vinovich's crew called only four defensive holding penalties all season, second-lowest in the league.

If you want to jam the Bengals receivers at the line and play physical downfield, this is the crew you want calling the game. https://t.co/Ec5MHxUNxD

— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) January 24, 2022

[DJ's left nut]

I'm cool with that assignment.

One of the best parts about last nights game is that the zebras weren't involved at all. Hardly any penalties and nothing I would consider cheap. Well that's not true, the Ward PI sure looked like crap, but the ball was caught anyway so whatever.

They let the teams play last night and we got a hell of a football game for it.

Funny how that works.

[Spott]

I’m liking this. What say you Blackop?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I'm cool with that assignment.

One of the best parts about last nights game is that the zebras weren't involved at all. Hardly any penalties and nothing I would consider cheap. Well that's not true, the Ward PI sure looked like crap, but the ball was caught anyway so whatever.

They let the teams play last night and we got a hell of a football game for it.

Funny how that works.

Got no complaints overall. A few minor things I'd mention, but that'd be nitpicking. They let the dudes play. That's how officiating should be done.

[htismaqe]

This is big news. The Bengals' offensive strategy was to throw jump balls and if they didn't catch it, hope for DPI.

They won't get as many from this crew and that's big.

[HC_Chief]

Yes!!
We have had good officiating thus far and this looks like a continuation

[DrunkBassGuitar]

Chief gonna win another superbowl

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Spott

I’m liking this. What say you Blackop?

The guy who didn't know the clock didn't run on two point conversations shouldn't be commenting on officiating.

[VAGOMO 4 LIFE!]

Great crew! Vinovich and Hussey two of the good crews

[Buehler445]

Good.

I heard some guys postulating that the NFL told the refs to chill the **** out after the WC round because of the blowback and there weren’t many flags in any of the division games.

It was incredibly weird to watch ****hole Brady play a properly officiated game. It was like the twilight zone. He’d throw the same garbage pass that misses bad and he’s staring at the official not throwing a flag. Wheras most of his career he gets that flag, is back in the huddle and hurting up to get his checkdown game going. SUPER WEIRD. And where the **** has that been the last 20 years?

[chiefzilla1501]

Knock on wood, but I like vinovich. There was some fun footage of him reviewing the tyreek incompletion right before wasp in the super bowl. As others have said, the games are so much better when whistles get left in the pocket. That’s said knowing that our defensive guys and especially get kelce get held too. What we can’t have is for refs to influence secondary play because they are afraid to defend elite receivers like chase and kelce. It too too often leads to favoritism even if the ref doesn’t mean to.

Also, funny thing is, though he called a great super bowl he did get it probably wrong on a costly but ticky tack OPI call on kittle which negated a huge play. Not that I’m complaining.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Good.

I heard some guys postulating that the NFL told the refs to chill the **** out after the WC round because of the blowback and there weren’t many flags in any of the division games.

It was incredibly weird to watch ****hole Brady play a properly officiated game. It was like the twilight zone. He’d throw the same garbage pass that misses bad and he’s staring at the official not throwing a flag. Wheras most of his career he gets that flag, is back in the huddle and hurting up to get his checkdown game going. SUPER WEIRD. And where the **** has that been the last 20 years?

Um....he got screwed on that dead ball penalty, right?

Am I wrong there? Because I have NEVER seen a targeting sort of penalty called a dead ball foul and lead to a turnover like that. Is there a precedent for that?

[PHOG]

That'll work!

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Knock on wood, but I like vinovich. There was some fun footage of him reviewing the tyreek incompletion right before wasp in the super bowl. As others have said, the games are so much better when whistles get left in the pocket. That’s said knowing that our defensive guys and especially get kelce get held too. What we can’t have is for refs to influence secondary play because they are afraid to defend elite receivers like chase and kelce. It too too often leads to favoritism even if the ref doesn’t mean to.

The lack of enforcement of DPI and DH doesn't hurt us nearly as much as it does the Bengals because they generally enforce it more on the outside, on WR's, as opposed to in traffic.

Kelce gets held regardless of who the crew is. It's going to happen. We need our DB's to jam at the line and disrupt timing. Force Burrow to get the ball out quickly.

[loochy]

Get ready for some more Chase push offs