{"id":6547,"date":"2024-10-02T03:29:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2024-10-02T03:29:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:29:55","slug":"nfl-admitted-mistake-on-controversial-penalty-against-minkah-fitzpatrick-in-colts-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6547","title":{"rendered":"NFL admitted mistake on controversial penalty against Minkah Fitzpatrick in Colts loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The penalty contributed to Pittsburgh’s first loss of the season<\/h2>\n
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Steelers\u00a0head coach Mike Tomlin acknowledged that he did not like a specific penalty that factored into his team’s first loss of this season this past Sunday. It turns out that the\u00a0NFL\u00a0didn’t like the call, either.<\/p>\n

The penalty occurred late in the third quarter of Pittsburgh’s loss to the\u00a0Colts\u00a0after the Steelers had cut their deficit to seven points. On the play, Steelers safety\u00a0Minkah Fitzpatrick\u00a0was flagged 15 yards after he made contact with Colts wideout\u00a0Adonai Mitchell\u00a0on a second-and-10 play. The penalty helped the Colts score a touchdown on that drive en route to an eventual 27-24 win.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t like that call,”\u00a0Tomlin said\u00a0during his weekly press conference. “I talked to New York yesterday. They didn’t like that call as well, but it doesn’t help me on a Monday.”<\/p>\n

While Tomlin was diplomatic Tuesday, several of his players — Fitzpatrick included — struggled to hide their frustration regarding the penalty after the game.<\/p>\n

“I thought we were playing football,”<\/span>\u00a0Fitzpatrick said, via the Tribune-Review. “I don’t know what we’re playing at this point. Very different game from what I grew up playing and grew up loving. Can’t hit nobody hard. Can’t be violent. Don’t know what to say anymore.”<\/p>\n

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