Adrian Hill’s crew will be calling the game against the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears on Saturday night, the league has announced. According to NFL Penalties, Hill and company have thrown the second-most
flags per game of any crew in the NFL this year, at 17.9 per game. Despite only calling 14 games, the stand-alone fewest of any crew this year, Hills’ unit seems pretty penalty-happy.
Hill hasn’t worked a Packers game this year, but the aerospace software engineer did call two one-score wins for the Bears in 2025, their victories over the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Giants. Hill’s last Packers game was Green Bay’s overtime win over the New England Patriots in 2022, the Bailey Zappe game.
So how do Hill’s games usually play out? This year, he’s calling about one more offensive holding per game (3.29) than the NFL average (2.47). His games also have a 46 percent increase in defensive pass interferences and a 102 percent increase in illegal contact calls, compared to the NFL average. To say the least, he is not going to “let the boys play” on the perimeter of the defense. Aggression at cornerback is strongly disincentivized with this crew.
On the other end, Hill’s crew calls unnecessary roughness at a 44 percent lower rate than the rest of the NFL, defensive offsides at 60 percent less and illegal use of hands at 67 percent less.
The Packers come into this game ranked as the 18th-most-flagged team in the 2025 season (105 penalties), while the Bears rank 6th (120). Green Bay is tied for 27th offensively (43), while Chicago is tied for 3rd (64). On defense, Green Bay is 8th (41) while Chicago is tied for 20th (36). On special teams, the Packers are tied for 11th (21) and the Bears are tied for 13th (20). (Side note: The Tennessee Titans had 35 special teams penalties in 2025. Good lord.)
From a pre-snap penalty perspective, Green Bay is tied for 15th (40) while Chicago is 2nd (52), only behind the New York Giants (54).
The Packers lead the league in face mask penalties (six-way tie – 6) and neutral zone infractions (seven-way tie – 4) but haven’t been called for defensive pass interference, intentional grounding, kickoff short of landing zone, unsportsmanlike conduct, encroachment, defensive too many men on field, illegal blindside block, tripping, low block, illegal motion, disqualification, illegal forward pass, player out of bounds on kick, chop block, fait catch interference, leverage, roughing the kicker, running into the kicker, defensive delay of game, horse collar tackle, illegal double-team block, illegal touch kick, illegal touch pass, ineligible downfield kick, kick catch intereference, illegal bat or invalid fair catch signal penalties all year.
The Bears are the worst offender for roughing the passer, which they average one of every other game. They are also tied with two teams for the league lead in intentional groundings (5).
