he always seems to be involved in the bulk of the fishy calls. I've also had enough of the refs throwing flags waaaay after the play was over or throwing flags initially during the play and then picking them up saying there was no foul. Its really suspicious. They have entirely too much control in todays nfl.
Here's the fundamental problem with Hochuli's intent in calling the penalty: as seen in the screencap below, he was actually behind Wilson, and he threw the flag without hesitation. He didn't consult with anyone else on his crew; he simply made the call, and the only way he could have done that was to react to what he thought he saw, not what actually happened. In other words, Hochuli most likely saw a hard, legal hit and erred on the side of caution. That's forgivable given the extent to which the NFL has programmed officials to be sensitive to plays like these, but it doesn't let Hochuli off the hook for either embellishing what he saw at the time of the play, or adding to what he didn't see with replay after the fact.
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