Sunday’s game got off to a bad start for the Pittsburgh Steelers. On the team’s first offensive drive, quarterback Russell Wilson threw a pick-six and spotted the Cincinnati Bengals.
However, on the play, Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt appeared to pull Steelers wide receiver George Pickens down by the helmet before the ball got there, allowing for the interception. It definitely seemed there should have been a flag thrown but there wasn’t.
After the game, referee Shawn Hochuli addressed the play and offered a pretty flimsy excuse for the no call.
“We ruled the receiver stumbled right off the line and then there was incidental contact that brought him down,” Hoculi said. “If there was a potential grab or hold, that was at an angle that we wouldn’t have seen. But our ruling, again, was that he stumbled off the line and then incidental contact occurred.”
Not sure if anyone buys this but ultimately it didn’t impact the outcome of the game.
