Brady turns off flag-filled TNF due to 'ridiculous penalties'
Tom Brady was speaking for the entire football world on Thursday night.
As the first half of a prime-time affair between the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars dragged on, with penalty after penalty slowing play to a crawl, the future Hall of Famer took to Twitter to air his frustrations.
Too many penalties. Just let us play!!!! #TENvsJAC
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) September 20, 2019
I’m turning off this game I can’t watch these ridiculous penalties anymore #TENvsJAC
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) September 20, 2019
Tennessee and Jacksonville generated 15 flags entering halftime, an average of one every two minutes of action.
Frustrating the audience most on this night, in addition to a controversial roughing the passer call, was the effect of an increased focus on holding penalties.
According to the FOX broadcast, NFL officials made 179 holding calls over the first two weeks of the season, which is 70 more than at that point in 2018.