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‘Missed Call:’ Former NFL Ref Says Pickens Was Wrongly Flagged For Pass Interference

Related Topics: Randy Baumann, George Pickens

If former NFL referee Gene Steratore was making the call, George Pickens would’ve had himself a 36-yard catch to go along with his big day Sunday afternoon against the Atlanta Falcons. Wiped out by a questionable offensive pass interference call, Steratore doesn’t believe there was enough to warrant the flag.

“You want to dissect it and say there was something there, something very minor,” he said on 102.5 DVE’s Morning Show with Randy Baumann Tuesday. “He’s displacing him a little bit, yes. But in the world of what is reasonable, who puts somebody, gains an unfair advantage or puts them at an unfair of disadvantage.