Bears-Saints Wild Card observations, 2020

[FredFan7]

R 55 Alex Kemp 3 WC
U 64 Dan Ferrell 2 WC, 6 DIV, 2 CC, LI
DJ 8 Dana McKenzie 4 WC, 3 DIV, 2 CC, XLIX
LJ 98 Greg Bradley 2nd WC, last on-field assignment 2010 (plus 3 Pro Bowls and 4 alternates)
FJ 42 Nate Jones first playoff game, first year of eligibility
SJ 107 Dave Hawkshaw first NFL playoff game (2015 and 2017 CFL Grey Cup)
BJ 93 Scott Helverson WC, 4 DIV, 4 CC, XLII, XLV

ALTS

R 29 Adrian Hill 2 WC, 1 DIV
U 131 Mark Pellis 1 WC, 1 DIV
LJ 101 Carl Johnson 3 WC, 7 DIV, 2 CC, XLII, LIV
SJ 86 Jimmy Buchanan 3 WC
BJ 82 Jimmy Russell (first assignment, first year playoff eligible)


Replay official: Mike Chase
Replay assistant: Alton James

[FredFan7]

Scott Helverson talks Dana McKenzie off of a unnecessary roughness call.

streamable.com/jbfrhb

[FredFan7]

Don't quite know why Nate Jones and Greg Bradley reversed themselves and went incomplete.

Wims took three steps, kept control of the ball and survived the ground.

Easy reversal.

streamable.com/76t0cg

[FredFan7]

No material restriction on this slight tug.

Wims has to be sick.

streamable.com/qykox9

[FredFan7]

Took a close up but a proper reversal to incomplete.

[FredFan7]

Cole Kmet draws a marginal unsportsmanlike conduct flag from either Greg Bradley or Nate Jones.

Kmet came up talking to his opponent, drawing interest from Bradley and Jones. His trash-talking did not help his cause.

There is a rule that a player cannot flip the ball at an opponent. It looks like that is what drew the flag.

But, was Kmet tossing the ball to an opponent, or to Jones?

Unless this is a point of emphasis and the officials are told to call any ball-flipping no matter what, a "talk to" may have been the best call.

streamable.com/mrlqt3

[FredFan7]

[ak482]

Second straight game against the Bears where Saints CB Chauncey Gardner-Johnson has baited a Bears WR into getting the walk of shame. Anthony Miller throwing a very costly punch. And based on the length of the discussion, sounds like NY got involved.

[FredFan7]

Jan 10, 2021 18:36:54 GMT -5 ak482 said:

Second straight game against the Bears where Saints CB Chauncey Gardner-Johnson has baited a Bears WR into getting the walk of shame. Anthony Miller throwing a very costly punch. And based on the length of the discussion, sounds like NY got involved.

streamable.com/pkols2

[FredFan7]

[FredFan7]

GRADES

Kemp: 3.9 - How can a young official be this good this soon?
Ferrell: 3.5 - Good game, but I didn't notice any impactful calls from him
McKenzie: 3.5 - See Ferrell
Bradley: 3.3 - Did fine, but got revered early on on and obvious call
Jones: 3.3 - He and Bradley called a marginal unsportsmanlike conduct foul, but had a nice playoff debut
Hawkshaw: 3.8 - Good game. I think he was the one who called the DQ
Helverson: 3.9 - Typical excellent effort.

Crew: 3.6 - what needed to be corrected was corrected. Nice job by the crew.

[rs]

This crew worked well together.
Kemp is really a good white hat.