Officiating chief: Refs erred on call against Browns' Myles Garrett
By Tom Pelissero
NFL.com reporter
Published: Sept. 10, 2018 at 06:02 p.m.
The NFL's head of officiating said Monday that officials erred when they penalized Browns defensive end Myles Garrett for roughing the passer, leading to a Pittsburgh Steelers touchdown one play later in the second quarter of Sunday's 21-all tie that extended Cleveland's long winless streak.
But Al Riveron, the NFL's senior vice president of officiating, told me in a phone call that four other flags thrown for players landing on quarterbacks -- on Atlanta's Grady Jarrett, Cincinnati's Carlos Dunlap, Minnesota's Sheldon Richardson and New Orleans' David Onyemata -- were correctly called as penalties under a longstanding rule that prohibits a player from landing on the quarterback with most or all of his body weight, which is an area of emphasis for officials this year.
Of the other seven roughing the passer penalties, the only incorrect call was on New Orleans' Marcus Davenport, who did not make contact with Tampa Bay's Ryan Fitzpatrick as the official believed, Riveron said. Riveron said he had not reviewed other unflagged plays to see if more flags should have been thrown.
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