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From Kevin Seifert at ESPN:
No. 6 Atlanta Falcons at No. 3 Los Angeles Rams
Saturday: 8:15 p.m. ET, NBC | Game HQ
Referee: Ed Hochuli | Falcons’ history in his games: 4-10 | Rams’ history in his games: 9-9
The Rams already have seen Hochuli twice this season. His crew worked L.A.’s victories over the New York Giants in Week 9 and the Seattle Seahawks in Week 15, when the Rams won by a combined score of 93-24.
Hochuli’s regular-season crew was much friendlier to defensive backs, and more dangerous to wide receivers, than most of the league’s officials. It called the league’s highest total of offensive pass interference calls (18) and the second-lowest total of defensive pass interference, defensive holding and illegal contact penalties combined (29). That’s the kind of discrepancy that will pop out to both teams, regardless of whether Hochuli’s postseason crew is scrambled.
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