On Monday night, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was faced with a dilemma. The officials threw a flag on Steelers wide receiver Johnny Holton for offensive pass interference. But upon watching the replay there was little doubt to any sane person there was no penalty.
This put Tomlin in a tough spot. There was little denying the offensive pass interference call was bad. But Tomlin is cursed when it comes to challenges. You don’t believe me? Going into this challenge, Tomlin had lost 10 in a row. But despite the odds being against him, Tomlin threw the flag.
And to no one’s surprise, the call stood. This meant 11 challenges in a row failed for Tomlin.
Putting aside the fact the call should have been overturned, this just highlights how challenging this new rule is going to make things for all teams. But it’s hard not to imagine this is one of those rules the Steelers are always going to come out on the wrong end of.
