NFL Admits Refs Made Mistake, Explains How
NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino admitted that second-year referee Ronald Torbert missed seeing guard John Urschel properly signal that he was reporting as an eligible receiver during Monday night’s game.
The reason Torbert missed it? He was distracted.
“What the referee was actually doing at that moment, he was correcting a number from a foul on the previous play, and he just didn't recognize [No.] 64 signaling him," Blandino said during his weekly “Official Review” segment on NFL Total Access. "We didn't recognize that he reported, and that's why the penalty was called.