Saints Lose Interception, Give Up Touchdown After Another Horrible Roughing the Passer Penalty
The Tennessee Titans took a 13-6 lead over the New Orleans Saints late in the first half on Sunday. The touchdown was set up by two drive-extending penalties on the Saints inside the red zone. The first was an absolute travesty as a horrible roughing the passer penalty wiped out an interception.
This roughing the passer penalty negated an INT ?
— PFF (@PFF) November 14, 2021
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Marcus Williams picked off Ryan Tannehill in the end zone, but Kaden Elliss made the mistake of bumping into Tannehill and was called for the penalty.
You know a call is bad when even Gene Steratore is disgusted with it pic.twitter.com/hKm4wB30J1
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This was yet another call that was so bad that the network's own rules official could not pretend it was an acceptable penalty. Gene Steratore was left explaining how the other officials should have stepped in to explain what the guy who made the call actually saw.
Horse crap roughing the passer call on the Saints that took an interception off the board. The NFL has an officiating crisis.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) November 14, 2021
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio pretty much summed up the Internet's thoughts on the state of officials, calling it a crisis.