Ok. I'll try this one more time.
Week 1: Shawn Smith Crew
Pitt: 12 penalties
Cleveland: 11 penalties
Week 2: Jerome Boger Crew
Pitt:12 penalties
KC: 12 penalties
Week 3: Pete Morelli Crew
Pitt:13 penalties
Bucs: 9 penalties
Now let's look at Crews:
Smith: 23 penalties called in Week 1 (Steelers/Browns), didn't work Week 2, and 12 penalties called in Week 3 w/ Titans and Jags
Boger: 12 penalties in Week 1 (Titans/Dolphins), Week 2 24 penalties Steelers/Chiefs, and 11 penalties in Jets/Browns
Morelli: 15 in Week 1 (Indy/Bengals), Week 2 called 19 penalties in Texans/Titans, and 22 last night in Steelers/Bucs.
So there are 2 games where the Steelers were called equal to the other team. I wonder if that is indicative of a sloppy early season game and a rookie ref crew (
http://www.footballzebras.com/2018/0...e-2018-season/) that hasn't worked together much in Week 1 and defenses getting desperate on both sides in Week 2?
Morelli just calls a ton of penalties. So...maybe this whole thing is just fun with #'s?