Report: Referee Jeff Triplette to retire after poor performance in Titans-Chiefs
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NFL referee Jeff Triplette will retire after 19 seasons in the league, Kevin Seifert of ESPN reports.
Triplette's decision to walk away comes in the wake of a poor performance by him and his crew in Saturday's wild-card game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tennessee Titans.
Triplette and his crew bungled several calls, including blowing a sack of Marcus Mariota by Derrick Johnson dead immediately, ruling that forward progress had been stopped. Replays appeared to show Mariota fumbling the ball before hitting the ground.
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Former NFL head of officiating Mike Pereira criticized Triplette after the game:
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