Lack of offensive holding calls this season

[joemac]

Is it just me, or has there been almost ZERO offensive holding calls this year?  Like, did the NFL get together and tell Refs to not call offensive holding at all?  There has been about 4x more Defensive holding calls that I can remember than Offensive holding calls.  That is just completely out of whack.  I noticed at least half a dozen BLATANT holding calls against Atlanta last night that were ignored.  I dont remember Atlanta getting one, single Offensive holding call all game, or the Saints for that matter.

WTF is going on?  Is this a scheme by Goodell to get offensive numbers up to bring viewers back after all the bad press lately?

[LinvilleGorge]

Some people have looked into it statistically. They're WAY down.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, joemac said:

WTF is going on?  Is this a scheme by Goodell to get offensive numbers up to bring viewers back after all the bad press lately?

The league is deliberately dialing down on penalties in general, but especially offensive penalties.

They want more scoring.

[nctarheelreincarnated]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

The league is deliberately dialing down on penalties in general, but especially offensive penalties.

They want more scoring.

I dunno. I've seen a ton of offensive PI calls this year. 

[Shotgun]

Coaches need to tell the o line to start holding more. They need to do something.

[joemac]

8 minutes ago, Shotgun said:

Coaches need to tell the o line to start holding more. They need to do something.

Seriously - I would be telling my guys to hold like hell on every single play if the refs are not going to call it.