Save for a few Seahawks fans, players, and coaches, mostly everybody thought Richard Sherman interfered with Julio Jones on the Falcons‘ last offensive play on Sunday. If called, Atlanta would've had plenty of time to set up the game-winning field goal. Instead, they lost, 26-24.
Initially, the no-call didn't appear all that egregious. But, after an additional look from the side, it was clear that Sherman wrapped up Jones and kept him from catching the ball before it arrived.
Instead of having a meltdown regarding the mistake by the officials, Jones took it in stride. Here are his comments after the game, from ESPN's Vaughn McClure:
Jones was asked if he thought he was interfered with on the play.
“I do,” he said. “Before I took off, [Sherman] grabbed my right side and spun me around before I jumped up. But it was just a missed call. It's over with. It's done. We're on to the next right now.”
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“That's not my job,” Jones said. “If they make the call, they make the call. If they don't, they don't. That's not me to coach them up on officiating the game. The only thing I can do is go out there and do my job.”
Sherman countered by saying that a number of offensive PI calls against Atlanta were missed previously:
“I mean, I thought there was interference on offense on a few plays, and they didn't get it,” Sherman said. “So it was just one of those games. They let us play.”
Asked if he thought he got away with one, Sherman said, “No, I feel like we won the ballgame.”
Given each team's play through the first six weeks, there's a chance that the Falcons and Seahawks will meet again in the postseason. Back in 2012, Seattle and Atlanta met in the divisional round, with the Falcons edging the Hawks by a score of 30-28.
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