The NFL is supporting two controversial pass interference penalties from Week 5, league executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said Sunday during an appearance on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown.
The calls generated discussion all week about the erratic nature of the roughing the passer penalty, judgment calls made in these instances by referee Jerome Boger and Carl Cheffers. NFL executives often use the word "support" when asked about subjective calls. But given the opportunity to acknowledge that either call was wrong, or a case of poor judgment, Vincent demurred.
"We support those calls, he said.