The NFL’s point of emphasis on taunting took a turn on Monday Night Football with an incident that perfectly encapsulated how ludicrous the rule is.
Upon standing up he celebrated with a flying spin kick, as he’s done for much of his career, and began running to the sideline.
Justin Fields then led the Bears on a go-ahead touchdown drive, but the Steelers answered with another field goal to win by two.
However, the referee felt that something inside of this moment was serious enough to throw a flag and alter the outcome of the game.
Marsh is resolute that he did nothing wrong.
However, the real issue isn’t necessarily that Corrente felt the need to throw the flag, it’s that the NFL has created a scenario where this can happen in the first place.
However, when it comes to something like taunting it’s an extremely flawed process that is far too open to bias on behalf of the official.
However, based on where Marsh and Corrente were when the flag was thrown Marsh hadn’t even crossed the hash marks yet, putting him 53.4 feet away from the Steelers bench when the flag was thrown.
Ultimately this played out like we all feared it would: An otherwise amazing ending to a national game, ruined by a stupid point of emphasis that never should have existed in the first place.