No, this story isn’t going away soon.

Opinions are split on the ending of Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals, which effectively ended on a Steelers touchdown with seconds remaining.

Except plenty wondered if officials should have flagged the Steelers for running a pick — even though the NFL later released a video explaining why it wasn’t a flag.

One former official disagrees:

My thoughts on Pit/Cin TD: The defender is sliding over to cover AB and puts his hands up to protect himself from contact. The offensive player squares up and engages/blocks the defender. Contact clearly occurs more than a yard beyond the line. This should be a foul. — Terry McAulay (@SNFRules) October 15, 2018

As we’ve maintained throughout, the Bengals shouldn’t have been in a position where they need to rely on a flag to win in the first place.

Outside of that disclaimer, the NFL has been admittedly hit-or-miss on big calls this season and the league office siding with its officials isn’t exactly surprising.

Either way, the Bengals made too many mistakes and suffered injury setbacks well before the controversial non-call.