Referees (Officials): NFL Week 16 2023 (Dec 24): Buffalo at Los Angeles Chargers - Yo Adrian! (Hill)

[chongli]

Adrian Hill was our referee in Week 4 at home vs. Miami. [And I stole the "Yo Adrian!" idea from @Big Turk who made this post in the Week 4 referee thread!] 

 

NFL Capsules Week 16:

https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2023 Football Information/Capsules/Week 16 Capsules.pdf

[third game from top]

 

 

 

Adrian Hill - 5th season as referee

 

Pos.	No.	Name	Exp.	20222 Crew	College	Occupation
R	29	Adrian Hill	14	n/a	Buffalo	Aerospace Software Engineer
U	81	Roy Ellison	21	same	Savannah State	IT Engineer
DJ	24	David Oliver	7	same	Baker	Information Systems Manager
LJ	17	Brett Bergman	Rookie	n/a	[unknown]	[unknown]
FJ	31	Mearl Robinson	7	same	Air Force	retired US Air Force Instructor
SJ	5	Jim Quirk	13	same	Middlebury	Financial Advisor
BJ	12	Greg Steed	21	Rogers	Howard	Computer Systems Analyst
RO	n/a	Roddy Ames	6	same	Colby College	Attorney
RA	n/a	Joe Wollan	4	same	St. Thomas	Talent Acquisition Leader

 

 

Back Judge Greg Steed went to Howard University:

 

 

[credit to @SoMAn for noting this in the original Week 4 thread]

 

 

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/bengals-ravens-holding-pass-interference/

 

"Twitter reacts strongly to multiple blown calls in Ravens-Bengals game

 

"It is a day ending in “Y,’ so there’s clearly bad officiating going on in the NFL, and that’s certainly been true in Thursday night’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals. The culprit in this particular day ending in “Y” is referee Adrian Hill and his crew, who made more than one atrocious call.

 

The first blown call took a touchdown off the board for the Ravens. With 5:15 left in the first half, Lamar Jackson hit receiver Zay Flowers on a quick pass, and Flowers did the rest, taking the ball for what certainly looked like a 68-yard touchdown.

 

Somehow, Hill’s crew called holding on receiver Odell Beckham Jr., and the touchdown was nullified.

 

 

"Then, with 54 seconds left in the first half, Jackson threw an incomplete pass to Flowers, but Bengals cornerback DJ Turner was flagged for defensive pass interference. If you can see defensive pass interference anywhere on this play, you have better eyes than we do."

 

 

 

https://detroitjockcity.com/2021/01/05/detroit-lions-officiating-sunday-unjustifiable/

 

"Detroit Lions: Officiating Sunday simply unjustifiable and horrendous

 

NFL officials continue to disrespect the Detroit Lions.

 

Even after Sunday’s officiating debacle, referee Adrian Hill defended his decision to throw a flag on Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker.

 

As the Detroit Lions hosted their NFC North rival Minnesota Vikings in the final week of the regular season, the NFL officials once again added to their awful history of atrocious calls against the Detroit Lions.

 

"As you can see, this call came at a vital time in the ball game.  Walker made the play, and as you watch the replay, Walker didn’t put his entire body weight on Cousins; he clearly tries to roll off. Unfortunately, that’s not how Adrian Hill saw it."

 

 

https://bloggingdirty.com/2022/11/12/refs-historical-mistake-cost-atlanta-falcons/

 

"Refs made historical mistake that may have cost the Atlanta Falcons

 

"Anyways, the incident occurred when the Falcons’ offense had the ball in a second down needing one yard for the first with about 12 minutes remaining in the third quarter. They handed the ball off to Tyler Allgeier who picked up nine yards, but as they did so frequently, they called holding on Parker Hesse.

 

As everyone knows, offensive holding is a ten-yard penalty, I repeat ten-yard penalty, but apparently, Adrian Hill and his crew of officials decided that they would change the rules just this one time and make it a 13-yard penalty, because, you know, the NFL has to punish the Falcons for playing terrible in primetime again.

 

The second-down play started at Carolina’s 28-yard line, Allgeier carried the ball for nine yards to the 19-yard line, and the holding penalty was enforced on the

28-yard line (as it should be) but somehow the ball ended up all the way back at the 41. I am pretty sure 28 + 10 is not 41.

 

It was even marked down as a 13-yard penalty on the NFL’s own play-by-play summary:

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by chongli

[strive_for_five_guy]

Hoping this is a game where it won’t matter if the ref went to School for the Blind.