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What Joe Tessitore said about Joey Porter, 2015 Bengals-Steelers Wild Card penalties

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Cincinnati Bengals fans don't particularly enjoy reliving the end of the Bengals' 2015 AFC Wild Card game loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

But Monday Night Football play-by-play analyst Joe Tessitore aroused considerable social media ire during ESPN's broadcast of the game by suggesting that the Bengals were penalized an extra 15 yards because then-Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter was assessed a 15-yard penalty for going onto the field to argue (he wasn't) and complimenting John Parry - the referee of that game who now serves as an ESPN officiating analyst - for earning his pay in that game.