Maybe it\u2019s coincidence. But 24 hours after Baltimore Ravens HC John Harbaugh noted he had a lengthy conversation with the NFL\u2019s New York office over several controversial calls in Sunday\u2019s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin says he has no desire to get on the phone to talk about spilled milk.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve kind of learned to move on,\u201d Tomlin said Tuesday via the team\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> when asked about handling debatable in-game calls from referees. \u201cI moved on from Jesse James, for example. I don\u2019t even know what year that was.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s going to be controversial calls in big games. I think I always focus my energy on making enough plays to minimize that in terms of determining the outcome of the game. That\u2019s why you won\u2019t hear me calling New York postgame and things of that nature. It\u2019s not going to change the outcome. I just work to keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n Upset post-game and on Monday, Harbaugh said he and the Ravens\u2019 front office had an extended phone call with the NFL\u2019s office in New York for clarity on three important rulings during Sunday\u2019s game: DL Travis Jones\u2019 personal foul on a Chris Boswell field goal, QB Aaron Rodgers\u2019 completion that was initially ruled an interception, and TE Isaiah Likely\u2019s incompletion that was initially ruled a touchdown.<\/p>\n With the NFL\u2019s blessing, Harbaugh said the league admitted making the wrong call on Jones\u2019 penalty. The league seemingly stood by its other two calls. Answers that did not satisfy Harbaugh.<\/p>\n \u201cIt didn\u2019t clear anything up,\u201d Harbaugh told reporters Monday.<\/a> \u201cIt didn\u2019t make it any easier to understand either one of the two calls. It\u2019s very hard to understand how it gets overturned.\u201d<\/p>\n Harbaugh also said the NFL\u2019s rules over what is \u2013 and what isn\u2019t \u2013 a catch are \u201cclear as mud.\u201d Tomlin, however, had a different take.<\/p>\n \u201cI do,\u201d Tomlin said when asked if he felt comfortable and confident in knowing what constitutes a catch.<\/p>\n It should be noted Tomlin\u00a0has\u00a0called \u201cNew York\u201d several times throughout his tenure, including recently. Last year, Tomlin spoke with New York for clarification on Minkah Fitzpatrick\u2019s leverage call<\/a> against the Jets, a call the league admitted was incorrect on the field. Earlier that year, he spoke with the league<\/a> about a separate penalty on Fitzpatrick against the Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n Tomlin and Harbaugh share plenty of mutual respect. In many ways, the two are the faces of the current Steelers-Ravens rivalry. The NFL\u2019s two longest-tenured head coaches, players and rosters have changed over time, but Tomlin and Harbaugh remain at the top. Only George Halas and Curly Lambeau have ever met more often than those two. Even if unintentional, Tomlin\u2019s comments can\u2019t help but feel like a dig at Harbaugh and the Ravens, who are still steaming over what they feel like were game-changing calls against them.<\/p>\n No matter who still feels content or upset, the division race isn\u2019t over for either side. If Baltimore wins out, it will still capture the AFC North. But Pittsburgh is still in control of its destiny. The division, and the season, could come down to the rematch in Week 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maybe it\u2019s coincidence. But 24 hours after Baltimore Ravens HC John Harbaugh noted he had a lengthy conversation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34377,125,9,11,10,127],"class_list":["post-65887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}