No more gun shows in the NFL: Ed Hochuli retiring

[Deus Irae]

Jeff Triplette, too

NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron just tweeted out word that longtime refs Ed Hochuli and Jeff Triplette were retiring, and were being replaced in the rotation by former back judge Shawn Hochuli and side judge Alex Kemp.

Referees Ed Hochuli and Jeff Triplette retiring

 

[Kontradiction]

 

[Huckleberry1]

Good

 

[maust]

Shame they couldn't take Corrente with them

 

[Joey007]

I’m not happy until this man retires. I will remain restless until that day.

 

[Sicilian]

And the average length of NFL games just dropped by about 20 minutes.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Good riddance.

 

[Tunescribe]

I’m not happy until this man retires. I will remain restless until that day.

Amen. Hochuli and Triplette were mildly irritating, the Booger Man is a game-wrecker.

 

[Steve102]

 

[PatsWSB47]

I'll never forget him negating the sack-fumble on Flacco because his forward progress was stopped when he was dropping back to pass the ball

 

[Joker]

ten years TOO LATE

 

[Kontradiction]

Amen. Hochuli and Triplette were mildly irritating, the Booger Man is a game-wrecker.

Blakeman is the worst.

 

[Joey007]

Amen. Hochuli and Triplette were mildly irritating, the Booger Man is a game-wrecker.

And everyone around the league knows it. McDonough called him out on a MNF game this year.

 

[Deus Irae]

Hochuli was a quality ref, and the longest tenured ref in the game. He'll be missed.

 

[captain stone]

Hochuli was a quality ref, and the longest tenured ref in the game. He'll be missed.

Don't worry, nepotism is alive & well.

 

[Flash]

Hoculi ain't great but he was one of the better refs in the league. I will miss him and his lovely biceps (seriously, they look nice).

I'm waiting for that clown Jerome Boger to retire.

 

[DarrylS]

Those f...ng liberals and their disdain for guns did it...

 

[Koma]

I'll never forget him negating the sack-fumble on Flacco because his forward progress was stopped when he was dropping back to pass the ball

There was a similar call in the Chiefs-Titans playoff game a few months ago when Mariota was sacked. That was a higher profile game, so it made sense that there was a "Terrible call/incompetent officiating" reaction in the media. With Flacco and the Patriots, we (and other Patriots message boards) made a big deal about it. Outside of that, the reaction was "Hmm...You don't see that every day" and it was quickly forgotten.

 

[denverpatsfan]

Best NFL news since the Pats beat Jax!!

 

[Raymond]

Another trampling of our second amendment rights.