Jordan Battle Literally Covered Calvin Ridley’s Eyes on Uncalled Pass
The Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars met on Monday Night Football to close out Week 13. Coming off a high-profile missed pass interference pass at the end of Sunday Night Football, the officials working Monday’s game were obviously keeping a close eye on all long pass plays to make sure they didn’t miss anything. Just kidding.
After the Bengals doinked a field goal off the crossbar the Jaguars took over near midfield with Trevor Lawrence went deep to Calvin Ridley on the first play of the Jaguars 2:13 remaining in the first quarter. Ridley was matched up with rookie safety Jordan Battle downfield. The ball was batted away and no flag was thrown. After seeing the replay … come on.
The contact is to be expected, but Battle literally wrapping his arm around Ridley’s helmet and covering his eyes with his gloved hand is borderline hilarious. Unless you’re a Jaguars fan hoping for a pass interference call that never came. Good lord, what are NFL referees looking at on some of these plays?
The Jaguars ended up punting a couple plays later and the Bengals scored on the ensuing possession. So this could have an affect on the final score.
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