After the Denver Broncos historic comeback win over the New York Giants, inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw — like many of us fans — couldn’t let go of the fact that the officiating on the Giants final drive was horrendous and nearly cost Denver that game. He chased after referee Brad Allen and verbally threatened him.
During the altercation, threats were made and the NFL has decided to suspend Greenlaw for one game without pay. Greenlaw has already appealed.
In case you missed that final Giants drive, they called a roughing the passer penalty that looked more like incidental contact on a 4th and 19 that was clearly caught well short of the line. However, that official immediately decided it was a first down anyway. Those were close enough to be forgivable, but the pass interference call on