Referee Tony Corrente Discusses Controversial Taunting Call on Bears' Cassius Marsh

Referee Tony Corrente explained his decision to penalize Chicago Bears defensive end Cassius Marsh for taunting following the Bears' 29-27 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football.

NFL Network's Tom Pelissero tweeted a transcript of Corrente explaining the call to pool reporter Adam Hoge of NBC Sports Chicago following the game:

Corrente noted that taunting is a "point of emphasis" in the NFL and that he saw Marsh "run toward the bench area of the Pittsburgh Steelers and posture in such a way that I felt he was taunting them."

Marsh's sack would have forced the Steelers to punt with a three-point lead and three minutes, 40 seconds remaining in the game, but the penalty instead gave them a first down and allowed them to kick a field goal to extend the lead to six.

The Bears scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:46 remaining, but Pittsburgh took back the lead for good on a Chris Boswell 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds left.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.

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