NFL officiating czar Mike Pereira said that Troy Polamalu should have been awarded a touchdown at the end of the Steelers-Chargers game on Sunday.

Pittsburgh won 11-10, but Polamalu returned a fumble at the end of the game that was ruled a score on the field and made the score 17-10. The officials then went to the replay booth and mistakenly overruled it because of illegal forward passes. Pereira said it should have been a touchdown.

Pereira said they need a new procedure, because right now the replay official can't go back to the booth after making his call. So if the game was on the line, that could have been a big mistake that seriously affected the outcome of the game.

The crew got confused by the three passes. I'm confused by Pereira's explanation, so I'm not surprised they screwed it up in real time.

Pereira also talked about ties. He said that "guaranteed possessions" had been brought up before the NFL's competition committee, but no one had any interest.

Dan asked Pereira if NFL officials knew about betting lines. Pereira said that they absolutely don't pay attention to gambling information. Dan asked if they'd do a background check on the officials in the Pittsburgh-San Diego game. Pereira said "absolutely."