NOTABLE NUMBER

$25,000

Fine for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who criticized officials this week, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY. The person requested anonymity because the action had yet to be officially announced by the league. Following a victory against the Falcons on Sunday, Tomlin called the quality of officiating “a joke” that needs correction. He was prompted by a questionable roughing-the-passer penalty called against Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt, another in a series of cases leaguewide flowing from a point of emphasis officials are operating under this season to better protect the quarterback. “We’ve got to get better as a National Football League,” Tomlin said Sunday. “Man, these penalties are costing people games and jobs. We’ve got to get them correct. So I’m pissed.”