By Lorenzo Reyes | USA TODAY
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton criticized NFL officiating after a string of controversial calls have significantly impacted games, including some he was involved in.
"I hate getting to the point where it's expected and you're numb," Payton said Thursday on "The Dan Patrick Show." "Those kind of things can't happen. I look at that more from an overall leadership perspective and training perspective – those problems start at the top, not at the individual crews."
The Saints lost their Week 10 game against the Tennessee Titans, 23-21, in part because of a roughing-the-passer penalty that was called late in the second quarter against linebacker Kaden Elliss. On the play, which came from the Titans' 8-yard line with two minutes left to play, Elliss rushed Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill's and extended his arms to shove Tannehill at the top of his back.
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