Joe Haden was called offsides on a play that resulted in the Pittsburgh Steelers blocking a Green Bay Packers field goal and returning it 75-yards for a touchdown.
The Steelers lost the game 27-17, but without that call, it would’ve been a tie game and anything could’ve happened late in regulation or even overtime. Instead, the Steelers were called for being offside, which moved the field goal try up 5 yards and gave the Packers’ Mason Crosby another chance to make the kick, which he drilled.
Green Bay went into the half leading 17-10 instead of trailing 17-14.
Former NFL referee and current CBS analyst Gene Steratore gave his insight on the play. After taking to Twitter, he stated that there shouldn’t have been a foul on the play.
“Certain infractions are easier to see from the field-level, but from the angles that I’ve seen of the field goal in #PITvsGB: Unless the @Steelers were lined up in the neutral zone, the players move simultaneously with the snap which would mean no foul,” Steratore tweeted.
Haden tweeted out that he was not offsides.
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The Steelers fell to 1-3 on the season and at the very bottom of the AFC North as everybody else is 3-1.
Things do not get better next week as they return home to take on the 3-1 Denver Broncos.
