Zebra Watch #14
Last week, the Chiefs were part of the least penalized game in the 2008 NFL season. Scott Green and his crew threw only three flags all day, and walked off just one penalty against each team.
When they host San Diego on Sunday, the Chiefs have another chance to be among the weekend’s least penalized games with the crew of Carl Cheffers working the contest. On the season, Cheffers and his group rank as the second least active crew, with 9.4 penalties per game. Cheffers worked the Chiefs season opener against New England, a game where they walked off a combined five penalties for 45 yards.
Penalties are going down, averaging a season-low 9.4 per game. The only guy who doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo was Ron Winter. His group walked off 21 penalties last week and 15 the week before. That’s why Winter’s crew is ranked as the most active referee in the league, averaging 14.2 flags per game.
One other note from the world of penalties: the Patriots are on pace to set an NFL record for the fewest penalties in a season. They have had 44 walked off against them. The record for fewest penalties in a 16-game season is 59 by Seattle in 2007.
Week #14
| Â Rank | Â Referee | Penalties- Yards |
Declined/ Offsetting |
 Home |  Visitors |
| 1. | Scott Green |
2-10 |
1 |
1-5 |
1-5 |
| 2. | Bill Carollo |
5-26 |
1 |
1-5 |
4-21 |
| 3. | Jeff Triplette |
6-44 |
1 |
3-21 |
3-23 |
| Â | Carl Cheffers |
6-54 |
0 |
5-39 |
1-15 |
| Â | Walt Coleman |
6-35 |
3 |
5-30 |
1-5 |
| 6. | Al Riveron |
7-34 |
1 |
2-10 |
5-24 |
| 7. | Bill Leavy |
8-64 |
1 |
3-30 |
5-34 |
| Â | John Parry |
8-53 |
1 |
3-25 |
5-28 |
| 9. | Walt Anderson |
9-60 |
4 |
4-26 |
5-34 |
| 10. | Jerome Boger |
10-67 |
4 |
4-32 |
6-35 |
| Â | Pete Morelli |
10-95 |
0 |
6-65 |
4-30 |
| 12. | Ed Hochuli |
11-82 |
5 |
3-25 |
8-57 |
| Â | Terry McAulay |
11-74 |
1 |
4-35 |
7-39 |
| 14. | Tony Corrente |
15-121 |
6 |
9-51 |
6-70 |
| Â | Gene Steratore |
15-106 |
3 |
6-43 |
9-73 |
| 16. | Ron Winter |
21-199 |
1 |
13-131 |
8-68 |
Home/Away numbers in red for winning team
2008 OVERALL
| Â Rank | Â Referee | Â Games |
Avg. Flags |
 Penalties |  Home |  Visitors |
| 1. | Walt Coleman |
13 |
9.2 |
119 |
49 |
70 |
| 2. | Carl Cheffers |
12 |
9.4 |
113 |
69 |
44 |
| 3. | Gene Steratore |
13 |
10.2 |
133 |
62 |
71 |
| 4. | Mike Carey |
10 |
10.3 |
103 |
63 |
40 |
| Â | Bill Leavy |
12 |
10.3 |
124 |
61 |
63 |
| Â | Scott Green |
12 |
10.3 |
124 |
65 |
59 |
| 7. | Pete Morelli |
12 |
10.8 |
130 |
59 |
71 |
| Â | Bill Carollo |
13 |
10.8 |
140 |
67 |
73 |
| 9. | Al Riveron |
13 |
11.3 |
147 |
81 |
66 |
| Â | Terry McAulay |
12 |
11.3 |
136 |
75 |
61 |
| 11. | John Parry |
12 |
11.4 |
137 |
70 |
67 |
| 12. | Ed Hochuli |
12 |
12.6 |
151 |
66 |
85 |
| Â | Walt Anderson |
11 |
12.6 |
139 |
63 |
76 |
| 14. | Tony Corrente |
13 |
13.2 |
171 |
85 |
86 |
| Â | Jerome Boger |
12 |
13.2 |
158 |
85 |
73 |
| 16. | Jeff Triplette |
12 |
13.5 |
162 |
79 |
83 |
| 17. | Ron Winter |
13 |
14.2 |
184 |
94 |
90 |
Keep up the unproductive work Coach Edwards. ALL of KC is sick of you and we know that you will make excuses and lead us back to 2 and 14 very soon now.
AND NOW, Clark Hunt has RE-affirmed Herm’s The Man On The Hot Seat!