The NFL has announced its Week 1 referee assignments, and the Green Bay Packers, who will open the season against the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis, will start the year with Shawn Hochuli. Hochuli’s crews have been known to be flag-happy, as they are the only ones to have ranked among the top four in the NFL in flags thrown per game in back-to-back seasons.
Hochuli only worked one Packers game last year, their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 8. In that game, Hochuli’s team threw 11 flags — one of their lowest marks of the regular season — for 112 total yards (two penalties were declined). Overall, Hochuli’s...
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