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Packers Player Says Mike Tomlin ‘Really Influenced The Refs’ On Lateral Challenge

The turning point of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ win over the Green Bay Packers might have been an incomplete pass. Or a fumble. Depending on your perspective. And potentially your jersey.

On 2nd and 9 from the Steelers’ 16-yard line late in the second quarter, QB Kenny Pickett threw a swing pass to RB Jaylen Warren in the flat. The ball clipped off Warren’s hands and bounced away, recovered by the Packers. The question was: Did Pickett’s throw travel backwards or parallel, which would make it a lateral and fumble, or forward, which would make it incomplete?

Ruled incomplete on the field, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur challenged the call.