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Giants Q&A: Should refs have picked up that flag?

Tampa Bay's Antoine Winfieldm right, breaks up a two-point conversion attempt to Dion Lewis with 28 seconds left. The referees threw a flag for pass interference, then conferred and picked up the flag in the Giants' 25-23 loss on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at MetLife Stadium. Credit: AP/Corey Sipkin

A penalty flag for pass interference against Antoine Winfield was initially thrown on the two-point conversion play at the end of the game, which would have given the Giants a second chance at tying the score. Why was it picked up?

Referee Brad Rogers, in a postgame pool report, said that side judge Nathan Jones initially threw the flag but then conferred with down judge Jerod Phillips.