NFL admits officiating error to John Harbaugh from Steelers-Ravens + Philip Rivers works out for Colts (12/9 Hour 2)
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Mike Florio
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🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | we did discuss the Travis Jones call as well and the Travis Jones call they told me and they told |
| 0:06.8 | me I was I had permission to state this that it was a wrong call that should not have been called |
| 0:13.0 | they told you that yes that was John Harbaugh, the Ravens Head Coach, and that was the first of the three controversial calls that happened in the Steelers' Ravens game on Sunday. |
| 0:30.4 | It was a field goal attempt by the Steelers, Travis Jones, and another Raven. |
| 0:35.1 | It looked like they schemed it up to hit Christian Coons, the Steelers-Long snapper, |
| 0:40.6 | in the shoulder on each side at the same time and put him on his ass. |
| 0:44.9 | That was the strategy there. |
| 0:48.6 | And a flag was thrown, and Alex Moore, the referee, said after the game, |
| 0:54.8 | it was unnecessary roughness, it was forcible contact, they ran him over, |
| 0:58.3 | and it completely got the rule wrong. |
| 1:01.3 | As a defenseless player, you are not insulated against contact. |
| 1:04.7 | You are not insulated against forcible contact. |
| 1:06.9 | You are protected from three things. |
| 1:09.1 | Forcible blow to the head or neck area, a forcible blow with an opponent's helmet |
| 1:13.1 | anywhere on your body and an illegal launch. |
| 1:15.4 | That's it. |
| 1:15.9 | Everything else is fair game. |
| 1:17.6 | He was not hit in the head or neck area. |
| 1:19.7 | He was not hit with a helmet. |
| 1:21.3 | He was not launched into it was a mistake. |
| 1:25.9 | And to their credit, kind of the NFL admitted it. Now, I'd rather the NFL |
| 1:31.2 | come out and say it. They have a 35.6 million follower firehose on Twitter post a video. |
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