Bill Belichick said he meant no disrespect when he grabbed ref after Patriots loss Sunday

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New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick on Monday said he did not mean to disrespect the official whose shirt he grabbed as the official was running off the field after the Patriots' 31-30 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, saying he was trying to find out whether the game-winning field goal was under review.

 

Justin Tucker's 27-yard field goal as time expired sailed just over the right upright, and several Patriots -- including Vince Wilfork -- were pleading with officials that the ball was actually wide of the goalpost.

 

"From the sideline I saw the ball go pretty close to the upright. I couldn't obviously tell from where I was at where exactly it went," Belichick said in a statement at the beginning of his Monday news conference. "But I saw players waving that it was no good, then I saw the officials giving the signal that it was good, and I just wasn't sure from where I was standing whether the ball, when it went over the crossbar, was above the upright or in between or not in between the upright.

 

Source: ESPN