63 more offensive holding penalties have been called than 2018
 

I'm just posting this for posterity....and have a time stamp.

63 more offensive holding penalties have been called (77.8 percent increase) than this time last year.

This is the first season where the NFL openly admitted to having a partnership with Vegas.

You want to control the Over/Under...just call holding when a team makes a positive play.

20 penalties tonight...

Funny how people accept that NE had 0 penalties in the AFCCG vs. the Jags...then against KC in prime time....then AGAIN against the Jags. Two consecutive match-ups against the same opponent where Patriots got zero flags...has that ever happened?

If you follow the timeline...Patriots had 3 games with zero penalties in an 8 game span...over two seasons.

Did we get Ramsey yet?

Damn near made tonight's game unbearable.

Tom Brady agrees.

Makes the games hard to watch. Also, they should just go ahead and ban kick and punt returns. Not sure I’ve seen one this year that hasn’t been flagged.

They've needed to address holding for a long time. I'm glad they are finally doing it. It was painful to watch last night but maybe linemen will stop holding.

What's the ratio of defensive holding vs. offensive holding? Feels like defense holds more. QBs are going to get more time.

Yes. Strange.

It seems like the last several years before this one they have backed off a lot on holding calls. They typically want the offenses to be successful. What gives?

It's a deceiving stat because Boller has already been called 63 times for holding.

Brady finds it hard to watch because he rarely sees holding penalties when he plays.

A New England linemen will come in the league as shit, get “coached up” (wink), turn into cornerstone, stalwart blockers, yet when they go to another team they return to being pieces of shit.

Yeah. Right.

There have been over 600 flags two games in.

:shake:

Holding is one of their "emphasis" moves of this year, especially on the backside of holding plays.

I mean, what's the point of playing?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For those who are wondering ... the NFL has made increasing holding calls a priority this offseason. That’s why there so many. Has nothing to do w/less practice time or more guys w/poor technique. They are actively looking for opportunities to flag anyone for holding.</p>&mdash; Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/geoffschwartz/status/1174859492120506368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Refs get more control. Wonderful.