PITTSBURGH -- Bears linebacker Cassius Marsh accused official Tony Corrente of "hip-checking" him moments before Corrente flagged Marsh for taunting in the fourth quarter of Chicago's 29-27 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night.
"On my way to the sideline, I got hip-checked by the ref. It's pretty clear," Marsh said after the game. "If I was to do that to a ref or even touch a ref, we get kicked out of the game and possibly suspended and fined. I just think that that was incredibly inappropriate."
The contact occurred after Marsh sacked Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for a 7-yard loss on third-and-8 and Marsh did a spinning jump kick to celebrate -- the linebacker's customary celebratory move.