As it became clear that a fourth-quarter holding penalty on Philadelphia Eagles' cornerback James Bradberry had helped to cement a Kansas City Chiefs victory in Super Bowl LVII, FOX's Greg Olsen acknowledged that he wasn't a fan of the call:
In an appearance on "The Dan Patrick Show," Troy Aikman -- Olsen's predecessor on FOX and now the color commentator for ESPN's coverage of Monday Night Football -- said he also disagreed with the flag.
"Well, it was interesting because when FOX replayed it and then Mike Pereira got on, initially when they replayed it, I didn't think they went to the start of really kind of where the hold that was called took place," Aikman said.
"So I agreed with Mike saying 'Hey, if you go back and show it sooner in the route [you'll see the penalty].' And then they showed it, and I just didn't see what I thought I saw initially.
"I will say, I don't think there was a great look at it," Aikman continued. "I think there was one angle. I didn't see a good look at a real hold for that moment in the game. So I personally didn't like the call."
For what it's worth, Bradberry acknowledged after the game that he pulled on JuJu Smith-Schuster's jersey and didn't disagree with the hold being called.
Meanwhile, Aikman pushed back against the argument that refs should "swallow their whistles" late in big games, instead suggesting that this was just a case where he didn't believe there was enough to warrant a flag being thrown in any scenario.
"I don't know, Dan, if you say 'Hey, you can't make that call at that point in the game.' I don't know that I agree with that premise, because I think holding is holding, and that's what the job of the officials is -- you have to be willing to make the call if in fact it happened.
"But from what I could tell and what I saw, I didn't think there was enough there to basically hand the Super Bowl over to Kansas City, the game was over at that point. To me it had to be pretty egregious to where there was just no doubt. And I think the fact that we're sitting here having this conversation and I'm sure people are all across the country, probably tells you there wasn't quite enough there."
You can listen to Aikman's full spot with Patrick below:
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