CBS analyst Trent Green spoke at length during Sunday's broadcast of the New York Jets' 34-31 win against the Cincinnati Bengals about an unnecessary-roughness penalty called against Bengals defensive back Mike Hilton on 3rd and 11 that resulted in a very important first down for the Jets with less than two minutes left in the game.
Hilton stopped the Jets' Ty Johnson on the play, and it would've left the Jets with a 4th and long. The Bengals had all of their timeouts remaining.
"So which one initiates it? Johnson lowers his helmet. Hilton goes in to make the tackle," Green said. If Johnson doesn't lower his helmet, it's not a helmet-to-helmet (penalty). So I'm not sure what the defender - I don't know what they can do. Yes, that is a helmet-to-helmet. ... Hilton is right there going in for it. And Johnson goes down and lowers the shoulder to initiate the helmet-to-helmet. ... I know why they do it. They do it for player safety. ... But that's a huge call right there. Not only does it give them the first down but it takes away all the timeouts that the Bengals could've had in their pocket."
Earlier in the broadcast, Green said the Jets should've challenged a catch by the Bengals' Tee Higgins that set up a Cincinnati touchdown.
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