McCarthy Talks to Referee Who Made Disputed Call Green Bay Packers Coach Mike McCarthy said he called the replacement referee who made the call on a final play that cost the Packers a game against the Seattle Seahawks to offer his support. "I felt the phone call was the right thing to do," McCarthy told Newsradio 620 WTMJ. A pass to Seahawks receiver Golden Tate that appeared to be intercepted by Packers defensive back M. D. Jennings was ruled a touchdown. The Seahawks won, 14-12. The referee Wayne Elliott reviewed the play and let the ruling stand. "He called me at my house last week because he had heard I was having a rough week with all the calls and everything," Elliott said. He added that McCarthy said that maybe he did not agree with the call, but that he thought Elliott handled it with class. ¶ The Broncos will be without linebacker D. J. Williams until mid-November after the N.F.L. added three games to his six-game suspension. Williams was punished for violating the league's substance abuse policy after his conviction in August of driving while ability impaired. ¶ The former N.F.L. running back Larry Johnson, 32, was arrested at a Las Vegas Strip resort on a felony domestic violence-strangulation charge involving a woman who told the police she was his ex-girlfriend.