Wild Card Referees

Steelers / Ravens - Alex Kemp 

• Home teams are 57-55-2 ATS in Alex Kemp’s career including a 13-3 moneyline and 10-5-1 ATS record in 2024.
• Home teams are 3-1 on the moneyline and 2-2 ATS in Kemp’s four career playoff games. The home teams were favored by an average of 8.5 points in those contests.
• Favorites are an NFL best 15-1 on the moneyline and 12-3-1 ATS in Alex Kemp officiated games this season.
• The Ravens are 4-1 all time with Kemp. The most recent game was their 41-31 Week 7 victory at the Buccaneers. Baltimore’s only loss with Kemp was in Week 11 of the 2020 season at home against the Titans with no fans in attendance at M&T Bank Stadium.

• The Alex Kemp crew co-rank No.1 in both offensive and defensive holding penalties. In the playoffs, offensive holding calls in particular decline from regular season numbers. If this trend continues, it is a huge benefit to the Ravens offense.
• The all-important combination of false start and offensive holding will be critical in this contest. The Alex Kemp-led crew assessed a league-high 63% of these infractions on road teams during the regular season.
• Offensive holding has been an issue for Baltimore all season. The positive? An overwhelming 68% of these infractions have occurred on the road. The Ravens per game average when playing at home is actually one of the best in the NFL this season.
• The Steelers offense is the No. 1 beneficiary of roughing the passer penalties.
• The Ravens defense is co-ranked No. 1 for roughing the passer.
• The Alex Kemp crew co-ranked No. 1 for face-mask calls and third overall for roughing the passer.
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Vikings / Rams - Hussey 

• Since 2016. home teams are 101-45 (69%) in John Hussey officiated games, including an 11-4 record in 2024.
• In Hussey officiated playoff games, home teams are 5-2.
• The Rams are 5-1 at home with John Hussey in the Sean McVay era.
• John Hussey is an NFL best 11-4 over the total in 2024 with games averaging 50.4 points.

• The Vikings and Rams offenses are top five beneficiaries of automatic first downs via penalties, ranking first and fifth respectively.
• The Rams and Vikings offenses are co-ranked second as beneficiaries of defensive pass interference penalties.
• John Hussey’s crew call a disproportionately high percentage of their overall penalties via defensive holding and defensive pass interference. If we look at specific groupings, the back and line judges are from the Hussey and Cheffers crews. That's important because both crews mirror each other in the regular season calling a higher than average percentage of penalties on defensive backs.

Broncos / Bills 

• True home teams are 42-54-4 ATS with Vinovich since 2018 went just 5-10-2 ATS with Vinovich in 2023 
• Bill Vinovich is 61-38-2 Under since 2018, including 11-7 Under in 2023 

Packers / Eagles 

• Home teams are 74-53-1 on the moneyline with Brad Allen since 2016
• Home teams are 69-56-3 ATS in those same games since 2016
• Brad Allen is 73-55 Under since 2016
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KC..

Would you still consider the Rams a HOME game in that they are playing in Arizona?  And would all that apply with John Hussey crew in Az?

Me personally no.  This article came out yesterday so little surprised they did not make note of that.  

Some folks would say that due to the reasons the Rams had to move the game that this is even more of a reason to expect preferential treatment from referees.  Possible.  

Those "roughing the passer" calls are gonna hurt playing the Chiefs lol. 

Good info KC, thanks for sharing 

Are their going to be any super Progressive & Stunning "qualified" feminist wOmEn officiating these playoffs? 

I mean they're just fantastic.

Btw...Brad Allen throws the most roughing the passer calls & he's doing Packers vs Philly.

Look for Jalen Carter on Philly to get called at least once

@kcblitzkrieg great info, thx