The Bills and Chargers combined for 14 accepted penalties for 176 yards Sunday, a few of the unique variety.
Upon further inspection, that might not be as surprising as it first seemed.
Alex Kemp's officiating crew entered Week 12 ranking second in penalties called and penalties accepted, and first in accepted penalty yards among the league's crews, and that was in 10 games. The crew already had its bye week.
Kemp's crew had called 148 penalties with 118 accepted for 1,186 yards. His crew was second to Carl Cheffers' crew entering the week. Cheffers' crew had thrown 176 flags (135 accepted) for 1,170 yards.
League-wide, the average is 11.4 accepted penalties per game and 101.45 yards. Kemp's crew had averaged 12.9 yards for 123.6 yards.
Kemp's crew had called one unsporstmanlike conduct all season and six roughing the passer penalties.
