NFL refs have been really horrible at two things this year – calling taunting penalties and calling awful roughing-the-passer penalties.
On Sunday we might have seen the worst roughing-the passer call of the year when the refs took away an interception in the end zone by the Saints in Tennessee.
Saints linebacker Kaden Ellis got a piece of Titans QB Ryan Tannehill as he got rid of the ball but he didn’t come close to hitting him in the head. There’s no way this should have taken such a big play away from the Saints. Making things worse, the Titans scored a go-ahead TD a few players later .
Check this out:
this is RIDICULOUS 😡😡
ref called this a “blow to the helmet of the QB”
took away a Saints interception & gave the Titans 1st & goal pic.twitter.com/AYmNFRvQS1
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 14, 2021
Yup, that was ridiculous.
CBS’ rules official Gene Steratore thought that shouldn’t have been called:
You know a call is bad when even Gene Steratore is disgusted with it pic.twitter.com/hKm4wB30J1
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) November 14, 2021
Twitter hated it:
