Jarrett still in 'disbelief' over flagged Brady hit

Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft tackle Grady Jarrett said helium was successful "not a small but a batch disbelief" astatine the roughing the passer emblem thrown connected him erstwhile helium sacked Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Tom Brady precocious successful Sunday's 21-15 Buccaneers triumph implicit the Falcons.

Jarrett's comments, connected his play quality connected 680 The Fan successful Atlanta, were his archetypal since postgame Sunday, erstwhile helium said helium was excessively affectional astir the emblem and the result to talk intelligibly astir what had happened.

Even days later, he's not definite what helium was expected to bash differently.

"Just looking backmost connected it, I'm inactive benignant of near clueless," Jarrett said. "On what I'm expected to bash successful that situation."

Jarrett had wrapped Brady up and past rolled to the ground, bringing Brady down with him. Jarrett made interaction with the crushed archetypal and past turned over, finishing the sack. Referee Jerome Boger called the punishment and, successful a excavation study aft the game, said Jarrett "unnecessarily" threw Brady to the ground.

The NFL had nary further remark connected the play erstwhile reached by ESPN connected Monday. But, citing a league source, The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the NFL plans to sermon roughing the passer penalties, though changes to the regularisation are not expected during the season.

Teams tin taxable plays to the league each week for questions, and the NFL reviews each play postgame and judges officials by their show play successful games.

Jarrett said Tuesday that helium thought it "would beryllium a large step" if the NFL considered in-game reviews connected roughing the passer calls. It came into further absorption Monday nighttime erstwhile Kansas City antiaircraft lineman Chris Jones was flagged for roughing the passer portion sacking Derek Carr connected a play akin to Jarrett's.

Had Jarrett not been flagged, Atlanta would person forced a 4th down and gotten the shot backmost with a small nether 3 minutes remaining.

"I did spot Chris' sack past night, and that was questionable arsenic well," Jarrett said. "All these different things that we tin review, I'm not saying that it outgo america the game, but it outgo america an accidental to triumph the crippled and if it's costing radical games, it's going to outgo radical livelihoods. Going to outgo people's opportunities. You ne'er cognize who is going to spell down and marque a brainsick play.

"Obviously this happened to us, the Falcons, but hide each that, it's astir the sport. When radical ticker america to beryllium entertained, to spot immoderate game-winning drives and past erstwhile you bash it right, the close way, that's what makes it truthful frustrating, due to the fact that you did travel the rules and you didn't bash thing bad. So let's springiness the crippled what the crippled is owed, and that's the champion merchandise we tin enactment connected the field."

Jarrett acknowledged it could beryllium pugnacious to archer intent astatine afloat velocity and to spot what happens -- different crushed helium would similar to spot reappraisal involved.

He besides said helium is each for protecting quarterbacks. Jarrett understands their worth not lone to their teams but also, successful galore cases, arsenic leaders of franchises and sometimes cities. He says he's not advocating for roughing the passer to spell away, conscionable for assistance successful however it's called.

"Nobody wants to spell successful determination and consecutive DDT, RKO and wounded people," Jarrett said, referencing pro wrestling moves. "But erstwhile you bash it right, I don't judge you should beryllium punished for it."

"So it's highly, highly emotional, and we conscionable don't privation it to spell down similar that, you cognize what I'm saying? Hopefully thing tin travel from this and alteration tin happen."

Jarrett besides concisely addressed appearing to beryllium kicked by Brady connected Sunday -- thing tv cameras caught but was not flagged -- and said helium spoke with officials astir it, saying helium told the official, "'Look, you spot him now. Let's cleanable it up.' You cognize what I'm saying? And past it happened again astatine the extremity of the game. I'm like, truthful we going to fto this slide?"

Jarrett said the regularisation changes to wherever players tin beryllium deed connected tackles has changed his thought process successful however helium tackles, and it's thing "you virtually person to deliberation astir arsenic you're approaching the quarterback."

He doesn't deliberation it would beryllium just to offenses to alteration erstwhile a sack is called -- determination are excessively galore dynamic quarterbacks successful the league who tin interruption tackles -- but determination besides has to beryllium a way, helium said, to bring quarterbacks down.

Which is wherever helium believes reappraisal could travel in.

"If it's going to beryllium a antithetic regularisation for antithetic players, and this whitethorn be, past I consciousness similar you bash reappraisal immoderate stuff," Jarrett said. "Then possibly you marque judgments connected intent and definite things and that tin beryllium portion of the game, due to the fact that it's conscionable getting to the constituent wherever it's deciding games and other unearned downs and worldly similar that."

The emblem outgo the Falcons a accidental to effort to bushed the Buccaneers for archetypal spot successful the NFC South. Had the Falcons won, Atlanta would person been implicit .500 for the archetypal clip since the extremity of the 2017 season.

"The happening that wounded maine the astir was my squad not being allowed to person the accidental to spell bash what we request to do, you know," Jarrett said. "Like I said, cipher knows if we spell retired determination and we spell get a touchdown. I'm not saying that mislaid america the game.

"I'm saying each we wanted was an accidental that we, arsenic a full team, unit and enactment earned successful that moment, you know. That's unfortunate that it had to spell down similar that."