Scott Novak will serve as the head referee for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants’ Monday Night Football game at Acrisure Stadium. Based on Novak’s trend of penalty calls this season, there is some potential for it to play into the Steelers’ hands.
If you have watched the Steelers long enough, you are probably well aware of the Joe Flacco heave-and-pray offense with the Baltimore Ravens. He would launch the ball downfield—often back shoulder or just short of his target—and it was extremely effective at drawing pass interference penalties. It was only one game, but Russell Wilson’s deep ball was dropping in a little short and looks primed to draw a bunch of DPI penalties this season.