Hill Still Miffed Over Jets' Pass Interference Call
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — One day and countless rewinds later, Broncos cornerback Renaldo Hill said he still thinks he shouldn't have been flagged for pass interference in the decisive play that led to the New York Jets' improbable win over Denver.
If anything, he said Santonio Holmes tugged at him and should have been whistled for offensive pass interference, giving the Broncos possession so they could salt away the win.
"I thought I looked back for the ball, I felt a little tug and that's what kind of got me off balance," Hill said Monday, a day after declining in the post-game locker room to discuss the game-turning call. "I don't know that I would do anything differently in that situation."
Hill got tangled up with Holmes on Mark Sanchez's Hail Mary pass on fourth-and-6 from midfield with under two minutes left. Field judge Gary Cavaletto called pass interference on Hill, who had swiped Holmes' face mask with a couple of fingers on his right hand while both fell to the turf.
That moved the ball half the football field and gave the Jets possession at the Broncos 2. LaDainian Tomlinson scored from there to give the Jets a 24-20 win.
Holmes insisted after the game that he would have made the catch had his head not gotten turned by Hill's right hand.
Hill said it was accidental because he was just trying to instinctively maintain his balance.
"We were both falling at that point," Hill said. "And I was in front of him. So, I don't really know what other way I could have done it."
Hill acknowledged that at first he thought Holmes was going to get whistled for offensive pass interference — there had already been four such flags in the game.
"It's one of those things that stings," Hill said, "but I can't let it linger for too long."
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