Official explanation for the defensive pass interference penalty against Dallas that was waived off. Pool report transcript from referee Pete Morelli with pool reporter Todd Archer: Archer: Can you talk about the decision to overturn the call and why you overturned the call? Morelli: The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference. We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn’t warrant pass interference. He thought it was face-guarding. Archer: Which official? Morelli: The head linesman. Archer: What did you see? Morelli: It’s not my responsibility. I’m a hundred miles away. Archer: Face-guarding is not a foul? Morelli: Face-guarding is not a foul. It is a penalty in college but not in professional football. Archer: What is the process you go through after you announce the call? Should you have waited before you announced the call? Morelli: Probably, yes. The information came and then the officials got together a little bit later, after it was given to me, the first information. It would have probably been smoother if we got together. Archer: Do you remember this type of player happening before? Morelli: No, not particularly. Archer: So one more time on who the person was that had a better view? Morelli: The better view was from the head linesman.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:17:17 +0000
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