Tom Brady may benefit from the protections the league gives to NFL quarterbacks, but he does not appear to be a fan of all the penalty calls referees are making.
Brady complained on Twitter Thursday night about all the penalties in the Tennessee Titans-Jacksonville Jaguars game.
Too many penalties. Just let us play!!!! #TENvsJAC
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) September 20, 2019
He then said he was turning off the game because of all the “ridiculous penalties” in the game.
I’m turning off this game I can’t watch these ridiculous penalties anymore #TENvsJAC
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) September 20, 2019
22 minutes into the contest, seven offensive holding penalties alone had been called. Nobody wants to see that. The most egregious call was a roughing the passer penalty called on Kamalei Correa for his hit on Gardner Minshew:
There's been some HORRENDOUS roughing the passer calls the past two weeks in the NFL! pic.twitter.com/TSvpOucY31
— #BOOMIN (@ftbeard_17) September 20, 2019
Analyst Troy Aikman didn’t like the call and said so on the air. Neither did Kurt Warner.
These calls on QBs are awful… AND IM A QB!!! It’s changing games… cmon stripes!
— Kurt Warner (@kurt13warner) September 20, 2019
We’ve got news for the NFL: NOBODY watches the games to see penalty calls. Holding calls were an emphasis in the preseason, and unfortunately that trend has spilled into the regular season. Nobody wants to watch that. Maybe Tom Brady saying it will produce a change.
