Steelers' T.J. Watt Says 'NFL Has Something Going Against Me' After Loss to Cardinals

Pittsburgh Steelers edge-rusher clearly hasn't been happy with the way he's been officiated this season.

"The NFL has something going against me, so I don't want to talk any more negatively toward them," Watt told reporters (around the 1:00 mark in the video) after Sunday's 24-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals after he was asked about a play where he clearly thought he was held but no call was made. "I don't know what I did, but I'll leave it at that."

Watt appeared to be injured on the play in question he was asked about.

Free agent MLB outfielder Andrew McCutchen also felt that Watt was getting held without calls going in his favor during Sunday's loss:

The Steelers, in general, have not seemed happy about officiating this season.

Wideout Diontae Johnson was reportedly fined $25,000 in November for ripping the referees after a late October loss against the Jacksonville Jaguars, saying the refs "must have gotten paid good today or something,"

"They was calling some stupid stuff," he told reporters at the time. "They should get fined for calling bad, making worse, terrible calls and stuff like that. That's how pissed I am. They cost us the game. I don't care what nobody say. They cost us the game."

"[The officials] wanted [the Jaguars] to win, bro," he added. "They was calling, everything was in their favor. They was getting every little call, but it is what it is."

Head coach Mike Tomlin, himself critical of an offsides call on a field goal during the Jaguars' loss, later told reporters he didn't want his team using officiating as an excuse going forward.

"Here's my mindset and our mindset regarding officiating. It is our desire to win definitively, where potentially controversial calls are less significant," he said. "That's what good teams do. That's what elite teams do. It's our desire to be a good and elite team so that we're not as flimsy and become a component of some debatable calls and things of that nature.

Sunday's loss dropped the Steelers to 7-5 on the season and third place in the AFC North behind the Baltimore Ravens (9-3) and Cleveland Browns (7-4). Up next is a matchup on Thursday night against the woeful New England Patriots (2-10).