Referee Brad Allen disputes that he or anyone on his crew admitted they missed a facemask penalty on Seahawks receiver Paul Richardson during his spectacular touchdown catch in Saturday night’s wild-card game in Seattle.
NBC’s Michele Tafoya reported during the broadcast that Detroit coach Jim Caldwell said a member of the officiating crew told him “they got it wrong” by not throwing a flag on Richardson for grabbing safety Tavon Wilson’s facemask as he made the catch. Wilson drew a flag for defensive pass interference on the play.
"I did not tell Coach Caldwell that,” Allen told a pool reporter (via Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, a colleague of Tafoya’s at NBC).