MIAMI GARDENS — When Miami Dolphins cornerback Jack Jones was called for the pass interference that sealed the team’s fate late in last Sunday’s loss to the Carolina Panthers, Fox broadcast cameras captured him arguing vehemently with officials.

Upon reflection and watching the play, in coverage against Panthers wide receiver Hunter Renfrow, Jones acknowledges it had the appearance of pass interference, but he didn’t view himself as ultimately culpable.

“With all honesty, that last call, when I watched it on film, it looks like a PI because he stops, he flares,” Jones said. “On that play, I didn’t grab Hunter or restrict Hunter from running his route. I just placed my hands there for placement, just to make sure I’m in a good spot, but I didn’t slow him down.”

Jones “absolutely” viewed it as a sell job by Renfrow that got Carolina the clinching first down to run the clock out in the 27-24 decision. Miami was vying for one final stop with under a minute left to get the ball back for the offense.

“That’s a good job by Renfrow,” Jones said. “If it vice-versa — they were on defense, we were on offense and it was a sell — then, congratulations! We’re happy about it.

“I’m not knocking Hunter Renfrow. He did what he was supposed to do, but I personally feel like the refs have to be better with the calls and making it more of a ‘let them play’ instead of ‘I’m only going to call it when it looks this bad.’

“Hunter Renfrow is a pro. He’s a vet. He’s been in the league for (six) years. I know Hunter, too. That’s not a guy I’m taking a shot at. That’s one of my boys. I mess with, I rock with Hunter.”

Along with the late pass interference penalty, Jones was called twice for defensive holding and arguably got away with another penalty Sunday. The fourth-year pro in his first season with Miami had no issue with the defensive holding called against him on Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan earlier in the fourth quarter.

“That was legit,” said Jones, who has genuinely spoken his mind while with the Dolphins, going back to saying Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown “cooked” him in an August joint practice. “I held him, but I had to. … Once he threw me by, he clearly grabs the back of my shoulder pad and throws me by, and when I’m getting thrown by, I have to grab.”

Jones said he asked an official what he was supposed to do against McMillan’s actions, and according to him, the official just kept repeating, “You can’t do that.”

Six days prior to the loss to Carolina, Jones got an offensive pass interference call in his favor while defending New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson in the end zone on “Monday Night Football.”

Jones took exception to Wilson saying, in the interview setting, that he watches football and that penalty doesn’t get called. He responded to Wilson’s statement.

“That’s one in a million,” Jones said. “What are the chances of me getting OPI in that situation against Garrett Wilson? He said it to the media. He put it on the internet: ‘You guys don’t make that call.’

“From that statement there, you guys (the league) should’ve done something about that. Like, we need to do something. ‘The refs are not making this call?’ OK, well, we’re going to get the refs that do make this call and make the right call.”

Jones takes issue overall with the way defenders are officiated in pass coverage.

“At the end of the day, this s— not fair, bro,” Jones said. “It’s an offensive advantage, and it’s like, at the end of the day, I signed up for this s—. I’m the one who goes out there, plays DB, chose to play DB and all that. And I understand that.

“But at the end of the day, there should be no advantages on either side. Offense got the advantage, bro. The receivers get to create contact down the field, past 5 yards, and it’s not a penalty. … But then, when the DB does that, it’s a spot foul. Say, hypothetically, it is offensive PI. It’s only 10 yards. You throw a fade down the field 50 yards, and that’s a spot foul, 50 yards. At the same time, receivers, they get to push off, they get to chicken-wing, none of that stuff gets called. But when the DB tries to put himself in position to counteract that stuff, which is, you have to grab, you have to pull, you have to fight pressure with pressure, and if you do that, then it’s going to be a PI and a call against the defense.”

Jones feels sometimes he gets called for penalties when the receiver initiates all the contact.

“Another good example I got that they don’t call is: I could be sitting off at 10 yards. If a receiver runs straight into me, it’s supposed to be PI. That is the rule,” Jones said. “But, in the game time, when a receiver runs straight into a DB, it’s going to be defensive PI because the defender was supposed to move or the defender grabbed. But it’s like, the dude just ran into me and pushed me off. How am I not supposed to grab? I’m supposed to sit here, let him catch it and hope you call it?”

Ultimately, Jones understands it’s what he’s up against in the NFL.

“It’s tough on us, but I got to figure that s— out,” he said.