THE EAGLES were called for five penalties on Sunday. Two were called on Dennis Kelly immediately upon entering the game, playing in an unfamiliar spot. Another, on Riley Cooper chasing a punt return out of bounds, seemed ticky-tac, but then again this was Ed Hochuli's officiating crew out there, the NFL version of a rain delay.
Hochuli's crew is famous, or infamous, for numerous penalties, long pauses deciding what precisely to call, and mic'd up explanations of those calls that take just slightly less time than the closing arguments in a trial.
Ed's a trial lawyer by weekday, if you couldn't guess, specializing in professional liability defense.