But it was clear that the head referee wanted to insert himself into the spotlight. I hated the Littleton call, but the worst call was the call on Fowler. Rams hold on third down, the Seahawks putting team is going on the field, and Fowler has a short discussion with the referee. He then turns his back to the referee and walks away. With his back to the ref, the referee hears something and calls a game changing penalty because he has to teach Fowler a lesson on who's boss. Seattle gets a new possession and scores a TD they never should have had.

It's one thing when a player bumps a ref, or gets wildly animated and shows up the ref. Here, Fowler had turned his back and was heading to the bench. No way should have been a penalty. Gross abuse of power by a person who wanted to inject himself into the headlines of this game IMO.