It won’t do the Commanders any good now, but the NFL is offering a mea culpa for a no-call at the end of their loss to the Giants last Sunday.
The league told the Commanders that officials should have called a defensive pass interference on Darnay Holmes in the end zone on Washington’s final play of the game,Instead, after Holmes made plenty of contact on Curtis Samuel without a flag being thrown, the ball fell incomplete on fourth down and the Commanders turned the ball over to the Giants, who held on to win, 20-12.
“Pass interference is a judgment call,” referee John Hussey told a pool reporter after the game. “To the officials it didn’t rise to what they felt was a restriction, thus they didn’t call it. That’s basically the bottom line there.” Had a flag been thrown for pass interference, the Commanders would have gotten a first down with another chance to score a touchdown, then would have needed a two-point conversion to tie the game.
Darnay Holmes of the Giants breaks up a pass intended for Curtis Samuel. The NFL told the Commander that a penalty should have been called on the play.The game was a crucial one for playoff implications, with the Giants improving to 8-5-1 and the Commanders falling to 7-6-1. The missed call on the Commanders’ final play was one of a handful that coach Ron Rivera was upset with following the loss.Share this article:
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