Written by Alex Putterman at The Comeback
Pete Morelli’s crew has been pulled from officiating Sunday night’s game between the Colts and Steelers after making several controversial calls in last week’s Cardinals-49ers game,according to Pro Football Talk.
The crew gave Arizona a first down in the fourth quarter on a roughing-the-passer flag that looked tenuous at best. Instead of facing 3rd-and-18, the Cardinals got a new set of downs and went on to score a game-winning touchdown.
Regarding the critical roughing call on Dial in #AZvsSF… The best call would have been no call at all. Via: @KFC https://t.co/CnEcxK8cdi
— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) November 30, 2015
In the first quarter, Morelli and company called a bogus illegal touching penalty on Cardinals receiver John Brown and seemed confused on what down it was after a San Francisco penalty, which also hurt Arizona.
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