WASHINGTON -- Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden echoed Josh Normans complaints about penalty calls in the teams 27-all tie against the Cincinnati Bengals, saying Monday that the star cornerback probably is targeted a little bit by officials.Gruden said on a conference call with reporters that he disagreed with some of the flags thrown during Sundays game in London, which left Washington at 4-3-1 and last in the NFC East heading into its bye week.The Redskins totaled 15 penalties -- eight more than the Bengals -- and Gruden said: I think we gave them eight first downs via penalty. After watching the film ... some of them were not very blatant, thats for sure.Norman lashed out at field judge Brad Freeman after the game, saying, Im just going to be honest with you; Im going to be straightforward: He was terrible. I feel like he should be reprimanded.Norman drew five flags, including four for illegal use of hands, while covering Bengals wideout A.J. Green.Some of the glancing hits to the facemask on A.J. Green, I just dont understand them. There was no intent there to injure, Gruden said. It was absolutely just a glancing blow that had nothing to do with anything.Gruden also specifically questioned an offensive pass interference call against Redskins wideout Pierre Garcon in OT that wiped out a completion, and an earlier defensive holding call against substitute cornerback Quinton Dunbar.On the Garcon penalty, Gruden said: Thats not offensive PI in any realm whatsoever of the penalty that I know (as) offensive pass interference. Theres nothing Pierre did wrong. ... Some of the penalties we can clean up; some of them we cant do anything about.And heres what he said about the Dunbar call in the end zone: I dont know what to teach them. He was jamming his guy and then Andy (Dalton) threw it over the guys head and threw it out of bounds, but they called holding.As for whether Norman needs to worry about being the focus of officials, Gruden replied: Well, he cant be any more targeted than he was yesterday, thats for sure. ... He had quite a few on him that ... could have gone either way, quite frankly.Gruden continued: As far as him being targeted, he probably is a little bit, but hes going to have to deal with it.Game notes S Will Blackmon needs thumb surgery, but they can cast it up and hopefully hell play, Gruden said. On other injuries: TE Niles Paul was going to have an MRI to see the extent of his strained shoulder; WR DeSean Jackson did not get a concussion from a hit to the helmet, but his whole body was banged up, so he didnt go back in, Gruden said; RT Morgan Moses sprained his ankle. ... 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