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Jarrett was a Clemson fan favorite during his collegiate years
Jarrett was a Clemson fan favorite during his collegiate years

Former Tiger flagged for controversial roughing the passer call on Tom Brady


by - Assoc. Editor -

Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett was flagged for roughing the passer on a key third down call late in the Bucs' win on Sunday.

Jarrett sacked quarterback Tom Brady with three minutes and three seconds to get the ball back for his team but referee Jerome Boger threw a flag and allowed Brady and Co. to run out the clock in the 21-15 win.

The questionable call was brought up during the postgame pool report.

"What I had was the defender grabbed the quarterback while he was still in the pocket and unnecessarily throwing him to the ground," Boger said to the reporter. "That is what I was making my decision based on."

Yikes. This looks like a normal football play and just an overreaction by the NFL to the recent concussion by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

What can Jarrett do on the play? Do they want him to gently grab Brady and softly lay him down for the sack? Terrible call by the ref.

Brady appears to kick Jarrett in the first half:

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Tiger_Fan_007
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Tigered6®
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Stillapirate®
spacer Just another recent example of the refs making the game all about them instead of the players.
nkickha
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Calhoun2
spacer Re TNET: Former Tiger flagged: T.Brady team = Globetrotters
RememberTheDanny
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Tim317
spacer I wish Gisele would have scratched his eyes out and we would
tigerteez
spacer She may be about to scratch his eyes out figuratively in
76er®
spacer Already rumblings from the league office about changing the
76er®
spacer Apology? I must have missed the apology. I read as the ref doubling down.
nkickha
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Pig®
spacer Awww bless his heart, he was sacked. How was this flagged?***
ColaTownTiger
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Valley Boy
spacer Brady kicked at Grady after each of those...***
Anonymous08®
spacer Brady is getting the Michael Jordan treatment.
Judge Keller®
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HumbleServant®
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Dugatiger®
spacer It’s time to outlaw tackling quarterbacks. Give them flags
JohnGalt
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djones73®
spacer Why I don’t watch NFL! Geez!***
kbtiger®
spacer in the aftermath of Tua, we will see a lot of this.
ATL PAW MAN®