We thought the dubious roughing the passer penalty on Tom Brady was the worst call of the week. We were wrong.

SBNATION ^ | Oct 10, 2022 | Mark Schofield

[nickcarraway]

Controversial roughing the passer call has Arrowhead in an uproar

[Red Badger]

Yep, he had the football and got the penalty as well...................

[Rennes Templar]

It was a non-PC tackle.

[EEGator]

Are you not allowed to tackle the QB anymore?
I haven’t been watching for 5 years now.
But when I did watch, one was allowed to tackle the QB.
Look up Leonard Marshall sack of Joe Montana...

[teeman8r]

wow... how dare that defensive tackle rough up that quarterback like that... sheesh... they will take all the fun out of football soon.

[teeman8r]

joe theismann career ender too

[Red Badger]

The commentators on another sports show said they are not allowed to fall on TOP of the QB any more............

[EEGator]

I don’t like watching that one.

I didn’t see the play, but I’ve seen Alex Smith in shorts.
Good Lord, it looks like he got hit by an IED...

[EEGator]

Gay.

[Zack Attack]

Somewhere Dick Butkus is thanking God he played back when football was still football.

[Red Badger]

I know I wouldn’t want a 300+ pound lineman falling on top of me at 15mph.......................

[Migraine]

What about the defensive holding call against the Raiders on a missed KC FG try? They got another shot at the FG and made it. Has anyone ever seen a def. holding during a FG? I haven’t ever seen it. But boy, it sure did affect the game.

[cherry]

pretty bad call but LA raiders were driving for the winning field goal, passed the ball, it was caught with two feet clearly touching before going out of bounds.....refs decided it was KC night so it was called back.....

the rules are applied wily nily .

[EEGator]

For a three year $121.5 million contract I would risk it.

[Red Badger]

As a Cowboys fan I know exactly what you’re talking about!.....................😒

[Red Badger]

It’s a Risk Vs Benefit decision...…😎

[Dan in Wichita]

Jones should have gotten credit for 1) QB sack, 2) forced fumble, and 3) fumble recovery. All on one play!

[Major Matt Mason]

Not to worry, crybaby Chiefs fans, the refs made a couple make-up calls including a phantom defensive holding penalty on a field goal attempt.

[cowboyusa]

The real question is why did the Raiders go for 2 and not get the tie.

[Hatteras]

"He is making a football play, ripping the ball out of the quarterback’s hands, and then crashing to the turf in the process, along with Carr."

I didn't like the call and the weekly random interpretations of the rules even after the replay which showed the defender had the ball but the writer is being a bit disingenuous here.

Crashing to the turf "along" with Carr? Haha, he crashed to the turf on top of Carr. Most likely, the ref was behind and didn't see the strip and just saw the defender flattening Carr with his body. But the replay, if I recall correctly, did appear to show the defender was twisting away a bit as they went down.

The game is too fast for an official to determine intent in most cases, this being one. The helmet to head calls are also pretty lame as both players are pretty much moving targets. We were always taught to "Put a Riddell on the sumbitch!" and wrap him up. Now, might as well drop the charade and hang little pink ribbons off the marquee players' belts.