REPORT: NFL Admits The Refs Screwed Over Bears During Game vs Dolphins
This Sunday, the Bears were victims of many questionable calls... The biggest one happened at the most crucial time of the game.
On third-and-10 with 1:35 left and the Bears down 35-32, quarterback Justin Fields lofted a pass down the left sideline. About 35 yards downfield, Dolphins cornerback Keion Crossen wrapped both arms around Chase Claypool's midsection and pulled him back while the receiver tried to jump. Safety Jevon Holland hit the receiver soon afterward, and the ball fell to the ground.
Claypool, for whom the Bears traded a second-round pick Tuesday, looked for a pass-interference flag that never came.
Bears QB Justin Fields was also very confident that this was a bad call.
«I wasn't sure during the play,» Fields said. «After I saw it on the [replay] board, it was definitely P.I., for sure. Just missed it. Can't do anything about it. Just have to move onto the next play.»
Another very questionable call was missed earlier in the game when Bears' safety Eddie Jackson was called for a pass interference that was not an infraction...
Well, according to Alex Shapiro of NBC Sports � Chicago, the NFL admitted to the Bears that the defensive pass interference against Eddie Jackson should not have been called and a defensive pass interference should have been called on the Dolphins for roughing up Claypool on the last drive:
