Replacement officials are getting to Bill Belichick, too. The New England Patriots coach grabbed the arm of an official as they were leaving the field Sunday night after rookie Justin Tuckers last-second field goal barely sneaked inside the right upright, giving Baltimore a 31-30 victory. Belichick said he doesnt expect to be fined for making contact with the official, although that usually is NFL policy. "Im not going to comment about that. You saw the game," Belichick said in his postgame news conference. "What did we have, 30 penalties called in that game?" Actually, it was 10 for 83 yards, fewer than the Ravens 14 for 135 yards. "Its our job to go out there and control what we can control," Belichick added. "Thats what were going to try to work on. Talk to the officials about the way they called the game. Talk to the league about the way they called it. I dont know. But we just have to go out there and try to play the best we can." The kick was close, but replays clearly showed it was good. Week 3 produced suspect calls during several games, even as the league and the locked out officials union met. Two people familiar with the talks said the sides held negotiations Sunday. It was uncertain whether progress was made in an attempt to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, or when further negotiations would take place. The two people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the talks are not being made public. The NFL locked out the officials in June after their contract expired. The league has been using replacement officials, and through three weeks of the regular season there has been much criticism over the way some games are being handled. Particularly on Sunday. Replacement officials admitted making two mistakes in Minnesotas victory over San Francisco, while a few other games included questionable calls that could have affected the outcomes. Referee Ken Roan said he twice granted 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh video challenges after Harbaugh called timeout in the fourth quarter. Neither challenge should have been allowed once Harbaugh asked for time. "What I told him was, Well you challenged it not knowing what the result of the play was going to be," Roan said. "So I granted him the challenge and we went and looked at it. That was wrong. I should not have." Both mistakes happened in the span of six plays in Minnesotas 24-13 upset of the 49ers. "My interpretation of it was that he could do that based upon the time factors and not knowing it was a challengeable play to begin with when he called timeout," Roan said. "If you dont have a timeout to lose, you cant make a challenge." Earlier Sunday, the NFL players union sent an open letter to team owners calling for an end to the lockout. In the Lions-Titans and Bengals-Redskins games, officials marched off too much yardage on penalties. Lions linebacker Stephen Tullochs helmet-to-helmet hit on Craig Stevens wound up as a 27-yard penalty in Tennessees 44-41 overtime win. In OT, from the Titans 44, Jake Locker passed to Stevens over the middle for a 24-yard gain and Tulloch was flagged for the hit. Fourteen yards were added to the end of the play, which then was reviewed and overturned because the ball hit the ground. However, the penalty still is enforced. Instead of 15 yards, officials marked it off from the Detroit 44 -- the wrong spot. "As soon as the play was declared incomplete it becomes a first down and it becomes 15 yards from the play before," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. The Redskins were penalized 20 yards instead of 15 for unsportsmanlike conduct in the final seconds of their 38-31 loss. Robert Griffin III spiked the ball to stop the clock with 7 seconds left. Then tight end Fred Davis was called for a 5-yard false start penalty. According to Washington coach Mike Shanahan, at least one official indicated there would be a 10-second runoff, ending the game -- and the Bengals, led by coach Marvin Lewis, started walking onto the field. There shouldnt have been a runoff, though, because the clock had been stopped by the spike. The Redskins began arguing, and eventually the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called. The officials never announced specifically who the call was against, just that the penalty would be added to the false start, a total of 20 yards. But they walked off 25 yards -- the official game play-by-play said 20 yards were enforced for the unsportsmanlike conduct. That left the Redskins with a third-and-50. "They threw the flag at us, and there was half of the (Bengals) team on the field," Shanahan said. "I was disappointed in that." The players union posted an open letter to team owners calling on them to end the lockout of the regular officials that began four months ago. The NFL used replacements in 2001 for one week before a new deal was reached. This year, criticism from coaches and players has mounted for the replacements, who come from lower college levels or from other leagues such as Arena Football. There have been numerous complaints by players and coaches -- certainly more than when the regular officials work -- and Sunday was no different. In one particularly embarrassing episode, an official was removed from working a New Orleans game last week because he posted photos of himself in Saints gear on Facebook. Then there were more questionable decisions Sunday: --At Nashville, with 16 seconds remaining in regulation, Detroits Shaun Hill threw to Nate Burleson on the sideline and he then lost the ball. It looked to be a completion then a fumble because the side judge threw his beanie, but another official ruled an incomplete pass. Titans CB Alterraun Verner had grabbed the ball and started to run and there were questions why the replay booth didnt review it. --Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo fumbled twice on plays in the third quarter that werent initially ruled turnovers until challenged by Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. First, Romo was in the grasp of Gerald McCoy with his right arm extended, when he flicked the ball forward in what was initially ruled an incomplete pass. Officials watched the replay and determined the ball was loose when Romo tried to push it out, and called it a fumble recovered by Gary Gibson at the 19. Later, Michael Bennett sacked Romo and knocked the ball loose, but officials quickly whistled the play dead and Romo down even as Eric Wright ran toward the end zone with the football. After Schiano challenged, officials reversed it to a fumble recovered at the 31, and the Bucs failed to score. "They blew it dead. But the refs are doing a great job," McCoy said. "A lot of people are complaining. Weve got what we got. Everyone needs to accept it. Theyre trying their hardest. No ref wants to go out there and make a bad call." --Raiders receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey was taken to the hospital with a neck injury after a helmet-to-helmet hit from Steelers safety Ryan Mundy that was not penalized. Heyward-Bey was running across the end zone early in the fourth quarter to catch a pass from Carson Palmer when Mundy launched his body and lowered his helmet into Heyward-Beys facemask. Heyward-Beys neck jerked violently and his head also crashed into the ground. The pass was incomplete. "Once again, the refs missed it, like they always do," Oakland defensive tackle Tommy Kelly said. --Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano was ruled to have made a catch near the Jets goal line and the call was held up after review, even though the ball touched the ground as he was tackled. 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"Coming to a league where I dont have the luxury of having faced many of the pitchers, I can just look for something to hit." The Mets acquired the backup catcher from Boston two weeks ago. "Hes handled the pitching staff very well," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Theres things he does behind the plate I like a lot. And you saw when he hits them, they go a long way." It was the first time in 10 games New York scored more than three runs. Ryan Howard hit a grand slam and Chase Utley had a solo shot for the Phillies, who had won four straight. The Phillies probably arent going to win their sixth straight NL East title, but theyre clinging to extremely slim post-season hopes. They remained 10 games behind St. Louis in the race for the second wild-card spot. The Cardinals were 9 1/2 out at this point last year, but they rallied to earn a wild-card berth and went on to beat the Phillies and win the World Series. "It wasnt a fun one," Rosenberg said. 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Helped by Youngs control problems, the Phillies loaded the bases without a hit in the first. Jimmy Rollins walked, Kevin Frandsen was hit by a pitch and Utley walked after hitting a few deep fouls. That brought up Howard, who drove one out to deep right-centre to extend his franchise record to 11 career slams. But the Mets chipped away. Baxter connected in the fourth to get New York within a run on his second career homer. They chased Worley and tied it in the fifth. Ruben Tejada led off with a ground-rule double. He advanced on Daniel Murphys single and scored on Wrights sacrifice fly that made it 4-all. The Mets hit three straight singles on the first five pitches to start the game. Wright drove in Tejada on his grounder to left. Tejada was initially called out by plate umpire Mike Estabrook on a strong throw home by Domonic Brown, but Estabrook changed the call after realizing catcher Erik Kratz dropped the ball and picked it up barehanded. The Mets won their first two series in Philadelphia this season, including a three-game sweep in May. A packed house usually greets the Mets and many blue-shirted fans make the trip down the New Jersey turnpike. But with these two teams likely going nowhere, that atmosphere was missing. The crowd of 41,227 was the smallest at Citizens Bank Park this season. NOTES: Rollins hosted the Uganda Little League team. Rollins visited Uganda in January and helped train the local team for their participation in the Little League World Series. ... Hector Luna had Philadelphias only other slam this year. ... Worley is 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in his last five starts. ... Murphy was 4 for 44 with no extra-base hits in that span coming in. He went 3 for 5. ... Tejada ended an 0-for-10 slump with his leadoff hit. ... Cole Hamels (14-6, 2.99 ERA) tries to win his fourth straight decision Wednesday night. Matt Harvey (2-3, 2.75) starts for the Mets. ' ' '