{"id":92848,"date":"2022-10-10T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bills-aj-epenesa-ejected-for-elbowing-referee-steelers-kenny-pickett-says-he-was-hit-in-knee\/"},"modified":"2022-10-10T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:18:31","slug":"bills-aj-epenesa-ejected-for-elbowing-referee-steelers-kenny-pickett-says-he-was-hit-in-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bills-aj-epenesa-ejected-for-elbowing-referee-steelers-kenny-pickett-says-he-was-hit-in-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills&#8217; AJ Epenesa ejected for elbowing referee;  Steelers&#8217; Kenny Pickett says he was hit in knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Buffalo Bills came into their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers down several players on defense.  They played without two more in the final minute of their 38-3 blowout win.<\/p>\n<p>Official John Hussey was in the center of a fracas as it was being de-escalated.  He put his hands on AJ Epenesa&#8217;s back.  Epenesa reacted by swinging his left arm behind him, hitting Hussey with his elbow.<\/p>\n<p>Hussey immediately threw his cap in the air and ejected Epenesa, telling him &#8220;You get out of here. You get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The altercation began on a confrontation between Pittsburgh rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett and Buffalo defensive end Shaq Lawson.  Pickett ran outside of the pocket and Lawson dove at his left leg as he threw the ball away.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>WINNERS, LOSERS: <\/strong>Cowboys, Eagles set up huge NFC East showdown next week<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>NOBODY BETTER: <\/strong>Ravens kicker Justin Tucker showed why he is the GOAT in win over Bengals<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like he went after my knee after I threw it,\u201d Pickett said of Lawson.  &#8220;That&#8217;s it. You know, tempers flare. I don&#8217;t care, I&#8217;m gonna keep playing to the last play of the game. That was it. All good with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pickett landed awkwardly on his left knee and got up and shoved Lawson in the chest and face.  Two Pittsburgh offensive lineman rushed into grab Lawson during the shoving match.  Epenesa was involved in the aftermath of the skirmish.  Pickett and Epenesa were penalized for unnecessary roughness.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 737px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:77%;\"><noscript><img alt=\"Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson (90) and Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett grab each others face masks in a late fourth quarter scrum during their game Sunday, Oct.  9, 2022 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park. \" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/CS8s_Xm1P7zb9F7FftsoiQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTczNw--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/66cTXzX6.A2Y_wl3BWDEIw--~B\/aD0xNTEyO3c9MTk3MDthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/usa_today_sports_articles_558\/59ea1b25d37a4a28fa6d59ff11b92c43\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson (90) and Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett grab each others face masks in a late fourth quarter scrum during their game Sunday, Oct.  9, 2022 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park. <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Lawson also walked off the field and yelled toward the field as he went to the locker room early.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second altercation of the game involving Pickett.  He was hit while sliding in the third quarter by safety Damar Hamlin and one of his offensive lineman took exception, shoving Hamlin to the ground near the Bills &#8216;sideline.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: AJ Epenesa ejected for elbowing referee;  Kenny Pickett not happy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buffalo Bills came into their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers down several players on defense. They played without two more in the final minute of their 38-3 blowout win. Official John Hussey was in the center of a fracas as it was being de-escalated. He put his hands on AJ Epenesa&#8217;s back. Epenesa reacted &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bills-aj-epenesa-ejected-for-elbowing-referee-steelers-kenny-pickett-says-he-was-hit-in-knee\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bills&#8217; AJ Epenesa ejected for elbowing referee;  Steelers&#8217; Kenny Pickett says he was hit in knee<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93762,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tim-benz-steelers-guard-james-daniels-says-nfl-office-prevented-his-ejection-in-buffalo\/","url_meta":{"origin":92848,"position":0},"title":"Tim Benz: Steelers guard James Daniels says NFL office prevented his ejection in Buffalo","date":"October 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Offensive lineman James Daniels received a lot of praise from Steelers fans for retaliating on behalf of quarterback Kenny Pickett during the team's 38-3 loss in Buffalo on Sunday afternoon. 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