TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Grady Jarrett and the Atlanta Falcons didn’t want to touch the topic of whether NFL quarterbacks are being given extra defense in the wake of the concussion that sidelined Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa.
In particular when the quarterback in problem was Tom Brady.
Jarrett was flagged for roughing the passer right after what numerous noticed to be a common sack late in the fourth quarter of Atlanta’s 21-15 decline to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
The 6-foot, 305-pound Jarrett wrapped up Brady from powering on 3rd down and spun him to the ground — a deal with identical in fashion to the a person that hurt Tagovailoa, but not practically as violent.
The Falcons had been stunned when referee Jerome Boger threw his flag. Head coach Arthur Smith doubled over with his hands on his head.
“That was not roughing the passer,” tweeted Corridor of Famer Shannon Sharpe, reflecting reactions from numerous close to the sport.
“What I experienced was the defender grabbed the quarterback although he was nevertheless in the pocket, and unnecessarily throwing him to the ground,” Boger told a pool reporter after the game. “That is what I was producing my conclusion primarily based on.”
Boger was also requested if the contact was a certain evaluate requested by the league in response to takedowns like the a person that wounded Tagovailoa.
“No, not essentially,” he mentioned.
Jarrett declined comment soon after the match, but his actions uncovered his aggravation. He slammed a garbage can and beverage cooler whilst repeating an expletive various situations in the tunnel and hallway on the way to the locker place. He explained he’d discuss the simply call on his Tuesday radio exhibit.
Buccaneers mentor Todd Bowles didn’t assume Brady, a seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion, was getting unique cure on the enjoy. But he imagined the fallout from Tagovailoa’s concussion — experienced amid a series of gatherings that prompted alterations this 7 days to the league’s concussion protocol — could have influenced the simply call.
“I noticed that one particular being termed. I noticed it versus Tua. I observed it in the London sport this early morning,” Bowles claimed. “I imagine they are setting up to crack down on some of the factors like slinging quarterbacks. Correct now, the way they are calling it, I consider a large amount of persons would have gotten that simply call.”
“League security is at an all-time large, as it need to be,” he extra. “Anything close, which we fully grasp going into the ball activity, they’re going to phone it.”
The Falcons observed it in a different way.
“From my vantage level it appeared like it was a bad connect with, but that’s why you put the refs out there to make these calls,” defensive again Casey Hayward Jr. said. “They spend these fellas to make all those phone calls. It appeared undesirable on my standpoint, but I was in the back again end.”
Smith reported he was “not heading to get into that.”
The 45-year-outdated Brady also stepped close to the subject matter.
“I don’t toss flags,” he reported.
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