Tony Dungy wants clarification.
The former Buccaneers and Colts head coach is no stranger to calling out refs in the league and he did so again this week with two controversial calls in two different games over the weekend.
On Monday, Dungy pointed out how inconsistent officials could be when it comes to protecting players. During the Chiefs game, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster was knocked out cold as his body went into a fencing positon following a huge hit by Jaguars safety Andre Cisco. The officials threw a flag, but would soon pick it back up.
Hours later, 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was penalized and ejected for hitting Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert in the helmet.
Dungy wants to know why a quarterback was protected but not a WR.
“To @NFLOfficiating : How can Dre Greenlaw’s hit on Herbert be a penalty & EJECTION and Andre Cisco’s hit on Smith-Schuster not even be a penalty? By definition Herbert was a runner and not defenseless. JuJu catching the ball is a ‘defenseless player.’ I don’t understand,” Dungy tweeted.
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Chiefs coach Andy Reid believed the Jacksonville Jaguars should have been penalized for the hit that forced wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to exit Sunday’s game in the second quarter and enter the concussion protocol.
“As long as there’s contact to the head, it doesn’t need to be in the game,” Reid said of the hit on Smith-Schuster by Jaguars safety Andre Cisco. “So it looked like there was contact to the head from where I was standing, but I’m not the one making that call.”
Smith-Schuster did not return to the game, which Kansas City won 27-17. The Chiefs’ leading wide receiver this season has 46 catches for 615 yards.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw may have had an early shower, but his teammates held it down with a stellar second half, holding the Chargers to zero points after halftime to close out a 22-16 win.
