Referee Came Up With Official Explanation For Controversial Call That Screwed Patriots

The referee in last nights game has an explanation for his controversial call in the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs game. The Patriots need to get back on track after a tough loss against the Chiefs last night. It was tough to see the Patriots take a step back after they had been doing so well.

Cam Newton unfortunately tested positive for COVID 19 before the game that was scheduled for Sunday. Unfortunately, this meant that the game was postponed and he would not be able to play. This was a big hit for the Patriots. The offense was rolling with Newton at the helm. Just take a look at what Bill Belichick has said about him in the past.

“I think when you’re talking about mobile quarterbacks — guys that are tough to handle, can throw, run, make good decisions … — I would put him at the top of the list.  “Not saying there aren’t a lot of other good players that do that, but I would say of all the guys we played recently in the last couple of years, I think he’s the hardest guy to (defend).”

“He makes good decisions, can run. He’s strong. He’s hard to tackle. He can do a lot of different things. He can beat you in a lot of different ways. We saw that in the game in 2013. I would put him at the top of the list. I’m not saying the other guys aren’t a problem, because they are. But he’s maybe public enemy No. 1.”

Referee Came Up With Official Explanation For Controversial Call That Screwed Patriots

Sadly, it was not just the play on the field that helped win the game. There were some bogus calls as well. Referee Tony Corrente talked about a particularly bogus call.

“I felt that he was being controlled quite a bit prior to him actually going to the ground,” Corrente said in his pool report. “And as he was being controlled, other players were coming in at him, and so with those other players baring down on him, a quarterback is considered in the grasp and his forward progress is considered stopped when I feel as though the player’s safety is being jeopardized. And that was the case in this instance. So, rather than allow him to get hit by a second and third player, we shut it down and considered it forward progress.”

Surprisingly, Belichick decided not to challenge this.

“No, because the play was shut down and stopped prior to the fumble occurring, or prior to him losing control of the football,” Corrente said when asked whether the Patriots could have challenged. “There was no reviewable aspect of that play.”

What do you think about this excuse?