Two controversial roughing the passer calls during Week 5 of the 2022 NFL season gave fans and analysts a lot to talk about this week. Tom Brady addressed the topic on Thursday, since the Buccaneers were benefited from a bad call.
With more than two minutes leftin the fourth quarter, a roughing the passer call on Falconsā Grady Jarrett against the Bucs quarterback pushed Atlanta 15 yards back. Tampa Bay was third-and-five at the opponentsā 47-yard line, so the first down eventually helped them secure the win.
Otherwise, they would have lost 10 yards and therefore had no option but to punt, giving the Falcons enough time to attempt a comeback. Brady, however, said the officials making mistakes is part of the game.
Tom Brady understands missed calls are part of the game
āNo one wants any missed calls,ā Brady said Thursday, via ProFootballTalk. āThereās a lot of things I see that are probably pretty challenging to officiate, probably pretty challenging to play defense with, so I donāt have the answers to all those. I donāt think the referees are robots, I donāt think theyāre trying to get it wrong, I donāt think theyāre always gonna get it right. I feel bad for a guy when they get called something that probably shouldnāt be that way. Sometimes youāve just got to shake it of.
āIāve lost Super Bowls because I thought they missed a call. Youāre going to get some, youāre going to not get some. You hope they donāt come up but they come up. Itās sports.Itās just the way sports are. I miss throws, refs miss calls, we try to do the best we can do,ā Brady added and joked,āWhen they donāt go your way you just complain to the refs, like I do.ā
Unfortunately, mistakes happen in sports. Players, coaches, and officials are all human beings who will sometimes make the wrong decision, even if they donāt intend to. At the same time, itās also right to hold the refs to a high standard. Otherwise, the game wouldnāt be the same.
