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Falcons players comment on roughing the passer call

"It was crazy because it was just a regular sack," Falcons RB Caleb Huntley said of the penalty on Jarrett. "There wasn't anything extra on Grady's part."

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4-Down Territory: Rookie CBs, Packers in trouble, NFC Best, and roughing the passer!

On this week's 4-Down Territory: Rookie cornerbacks, the Packers in trouble, the NFC East as the NFC Best, and horrible roughing the passer calls!

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Report: NFL to Discuss Roughing the Passer Penalties

After two questionable calls in Week 5, the league is expected to reassess its handling of the penalty this week.

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Jonathan Jones chimes in on egregious roughing the passer penalty in Raiders-Chiefs game

Jonathan Jones commented on the controversial roughing the passer penalty in the Raiders-Chiefs game

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NFL refs are doing their best to ruin the game and the league needs to stop them – immediately

These two calls were absolute garbage, NFL. Fix this.

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Analysis: NFL can't find elusive sweet spot to protect QBs

A week after taking heavy criticism for not protecting quarterbacks enough the NFL was roundy criticized in Week 5 for treating them with kid gloves

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Tom Brady Jokes About Roughing the Passer Call vs. Falcons on Podcast

The Bucs star had more to say about the controversial play that ended Sunday’s game against Atlanta.

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Tom Brady says he doesn’t benefit more from roughing the passer penalties

TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady said he saw Grady Jarrett in his dreams ― make that nightmares ― because the Falcons defensive tackle spent so much so much time in the Bucs’ backfield Sunday.

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Todd Bowles: Bucs teach rules about hitting QB without stifling aggressiveness

TAMPA, Fla. — There is flag football and then there are the penalty flags that some believe are turning the NFL into that softer version of the game.

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Micah Parsons Calls Out NFL Officiating With Suggestion for the League

The Cowboys linebacker added to the conversation surrounding the controversial roughing the passer penalty during the Falcons–Bucs game.

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Arthur Smith on Grady Jarrett penalty: ‘Control what you can control’

"It's like a lot of things in life, [you] control what you can control," Falcons HC Arthur Smith said of Sunday's penalty on Grady Jarrett.

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Tony Dungy Rips Controversial Roughing the Passer Call Against Falcons

Bucs quarterback Tom Brady was sacked on a pivotal third down, but the subsequent penalty allowed Tampa Bay to run out the clock.

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Falcons LB Mykal Walker says he expects to return by Week 6

Falcons LB Mykal Walker left Sunday's game due to a groin injury but expects to be ready to play by next week.

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Questionable roughing the passer calls raise more questions

Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett was on the wrong end of a disputed roughing the passer call after he sacked Tom Brady in the fourth quarter of Atlanta’s 21-15 loss at Tampa Bay

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The Guardian - US

Tom Brady and the terrible call: conspiracy or simple incompetence?

The Buccaneers’ victory over the Falcons featured a decision bad enough that it overshadowed everything else in the game

The Independent UK

Jarrett's roughing the passer call perplexes Falcons, fans

Grady Jarrett was flagged for roughing the passer after what many observed to be a typical sack of Tom Brady late in the fourth quarter of the Atlanta Falcons' 21-15 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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John Romano: Yeah, the O-line is important, but referees are Tom Brady’s best protection

TAMPA, Fla. — The laws of the NFL are clear. You do not hit quarterbacks in the head, and you do not hit them in the knees. You do not drive them to the turf, and you do not hit them late.

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Falcons dare to tackle Brady, and suffer the consequences

TAMPA, Fla. – Sunday was billed as a battle for the lead in the NFC South. For that, give these talent-strapped Falcons high praise for taking any kind of real intrigue into the season’s fifth game.

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Referee Jerome Boger gave a super lame explanation for awful roughing call in Bucs-Falcons

Enough is enough, NFL!

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Even Tom Brady couldn’t defend the absurd roughing call that went against the Falcons

He knew it.

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Falcons Twitter frustrated with officials after loss to Bucs

Twitter reactions: Falcons fans upset after questionable penalty on Grady Jarrett following 4th-quarter sack of Bucs QB Tom Brady.

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NFL World Reacts to Falcons’ Roughing the Passer on Tom Brady

The Buccaneers quarterback was at the center of a penalty controversy yet again.

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Referee Jerome Boger fails to understand roughing the passer… again

For the second straight week, referee Jerome Boger's incorrect roughing the passer call cost one team a chance to win a game.

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5 takeaways from Falcons’ Week 5 loss to Bucs

5 takeaways: Falcons' late rally falls short in 21-15 loss to Buccaneers.

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The refs gifted Tom Brady with a nonsensical roughing call and NFL fans were livid

Might actually be the worst call ever.

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