{"id":5670,"date":"2024-09-30T02:56:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T02:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2024-09-30T02:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T02:57:19","slug":"steelers-minkah-fitzpatrick-questions-officiating-after-colts-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=5670","title":{"rendered":"Steelers\u2019 Minkah Fitzpatrick Questions Officiating After Colts Loss.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2172944407.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2172944407.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2172944407.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-2172944407.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Minkah Fitzpatrick\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"316\" data-dom-ready-time=\"914\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick disagreed with the personal foul penalty he received in the second half against the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0pulled within one score of the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts\u00a0on three different occasions during the second half of Week 4. But after the first two times, the Colts responded with a score to extend their lead again. A personal foul penalty from Steelers safety\u00a0Minkah Fitzpatrick\u00a0helped the first Colts response.<\/p>\n<p>After the 27-24 loss to Indianapolis, Fitzpatrick lamented that call, as he suggested that he was the victim of the league\u2019s effort to take hitting out of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we were playing football,\u201d Fitzpatrick told reporters, via The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review\u2019s Chris Adamski. \u201cI don\u2019t know what we\u2019re playing at this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery different game than what I grew up playing and what I grew up loving. Can\u2019t hit nobody hard. Can\u2019t be violent. So, I don\u2019t know what to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minkah Fitzpatrick on his personal foul penalty<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we were playing football \u2026. This is not the game I grew up playing\u2026 you can\u2019t hit anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1840490729312808960\/pu\/vid\/avc1\/1280x720\/_6q1QNUos132d070.mp4?tag=12\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The personal foul came on a\u00a0Joe Flacco incompletion on second-and-10 from the Colts 42-yard line. Instead of third-and-10, the Colts received a first down at the Steelers 43.<\/p>\n<p>Six plays later, the Colts scored their only touchdown of the second half.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Minkah Fitzpatrick Penalty Crucial in Colts Beating Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>The Colts needed just three minutes and 10 seconds to response to Pittsburgh\u2019s first touchdown of Week 4. But 15 of Indianapolis\u2019 70 yards on the drive came on the questionable personal foul call.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick delivered a hit on Colts receiver\u00a0Adonai Mitchell, who was Flacco\u2019s intended target on the play. The ball had already hit the ground several yards in front of Mitchell when Fitzpatrick made contact with the Colts receiver.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was obvious on the replay that Fitzpatrick was slowing down upon initial contact. He didn\u2019t deliver a big hit like he could have and didn\u2019t make contact with Mitchell\u2019s helmet.<\/p>\n<p>Both CBS analyst Adam Archuleta and CBS rules expert Gene Steratore disagreed with the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8AWFUL CALL\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>THE REFS CALLED A 15 YARD PENALTY ON #STEELERS DB MINKAH FITZPATRICK FOR PLAYING FOOTBAL\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He makes contact with the receiver trying to prevent a completion\u2026<\/p>\n<p>INSANE \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>(Questionable Call: Sponsored by\u00a0@LASIKdotcom)<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/amplify_video\/1840473531441696768\/vid\/avc1\/1080x1384\/AyvB8D60RBsIU3Qu.mp4?tag=16\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<p>If the officials don\u2019t call Fitzpatrick for the personal foul penalty, the Steelers could have forced a punt after the next play.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Failed to Take Advantage of Questionable Call, Colts Didn\u2019t<\/h2>\n<p>Sporting events don\u2019t come down to one play.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers had three third-down opportunities on the drive where officials called Fitzpatrick for the 15-yard penalty to stop the Colts offense. All three third-down plays were seven yards or longer.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco completed the first two attempts to extend the drive. His last third-down throw of the drive resulted in a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>So, had Fitzpatrick not been called for the personal foul, it\u2019s not at all a guarantee that the Steelers would have forced a punt after third-and-1o.<\/p>\n<p>While the call against Fitzpatrick was questionable, the Colts took advantage of the opportunity. In a similar scenario during the first half, the Steelers offense didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts sacked\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0on Pittsburgh\u2019s first third-down try of the game. But officials called defensive end\u00a0Isaiah Land, who sacked Fields, for a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Land apparently didn\u2019t do enough to avoid falling on Fields while he sacked him.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Fitzpatrick\u2019s criticism, media members on X criticized the officials for the soft penalty against Land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is Isaiah Land supposed to do differently here?! Lay a pillow under Fields? What happened to the game I love?\u201d\u00a0The News Item\u2019 Marc Malkoskie asked on X.<\/p>\n<p>The roughing the passer penalty gave the Steelers a first down. But they eventually punted at the Colts 41-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>Another 5 or 10 yards on that drive,\u00a0Chris Boswell may have had an opportunity for a field goal. Instead, the Steelers lost by 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyPittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick disagreed with the personal foul penalty he received in the second half against the Indianapolis Colts. 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