Tag: Grady Jarrett

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has been fined $11,139 for attempting to kick Atlanta Falcons defensive end Grady Jarrett on a sack in the Bucs’ 21-15 victory over the Falcons last week, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The NFL notified Brady of the fine Friday after reviewing the play where Jarrett was flagged for unnecessary roughness for slinging Brady to the ground. In retaliation, Brady kicked his foot up while on the ground but did not appear to make contact with Jarrett.

Jarrett was flagged for roughing the passer on a controversial call on third-and-5 with 3:03 left, giving the Bucs new life at the Atlanta 32, which allowed the Bucs to close out the game.

The NFL fine for striking/kicking/kneeing is $11,139 for a first offense and $16,444 for a second offense.

It’s not the first time Brady has been fined for attempting to kick another player. In 2013, Brady was fined $10,000 for attempting to kick former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles said he was unaware of the kick. On Friday, he ruled out cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting and safety Logan Ryan from Sunday’s Week 6 game at the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Falcons coach Arthur Smith had no comment when asked about Brady’s fine Friday.

The NFL has looked at Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett‘s disputed roughing-the-passer penalty on Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady to determine whether Brady attempted to kick Jarrett and if that warrants a fine, according to a report from The Associated Press on Thursday.

Fines for kicking are $10,500 for a first offense and $15,500 for a second.

Jarrett was flagged for slinging Brady to the ground during Tampa Bay’s 21-15 win over Atlanta on Sunday. It appeared Brady tried to kick Jarrett as both players were getting up, but he didn’t make contact.

When asked if he was aware Brady may have tried to kick Jarrett, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told ESPN that he “didn’t see any of it so I couldn’t answer that question.”

Jarrett and Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones are automatically subject to fines for roughing penalties in Week 5 that sparked outrage among players, coaches and fans because the hits didn’t seem to warrant flags.

Fines for roughing the passer are $15,000 for a first offense and $20,000 for a second. It was the first offense this season for both Jarrett and Jones.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

TAMPA, Fla. — Referee Jerome Boger said Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Grady Jarrett “unnecessarily” threw Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady to the ground as part of his explanation for the roughing the passer call on a key third down late in the Bucs’ win Sunday.

The Falcons were down by six with 3 minutes, 3 seconds to play when they appeared to stop the Buccaneers at midfield on Jarrett’s third-down sack of Brady, but Boger threw a flag, allowing the drive to continue and Tampa Bay to run out the clock in its 21-15 win.

Jarrett had wrapped Brady up and then rolled to the ground, bringing the quarterback along with him.

“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 in a postgame pool report. “That is what I was making my decision based on.”

Boger said, “No, not necessarily,” when asked whether he was instructed to watch for takedowns of quarterbacks like Jarrett’s on Brady following the injury to Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa earlier this season.

Brady shrugged when he was asked about the call, saying, “I don’t throw flags,” while Jarrett declined to speak with reporters after the game, a rarity for one of the Falcons’ longest-tenured players.

Falcons coach Arthur Smith said he didn’t talk with the officials following the call but he was caught by television cameras on the sideline with an animated reaction. Asked whether he thought it was roughing the passer, Smith sidestepped the question.

“I’m not going to get into that,” Smith said. “I haven’t seen the film, and I got to worry about how to coach that.”

Tampa Bay right tackle Tristan Wirfs joked about Brady’s age — he’s 45 — but said, “I think with Tom being who he is, he’s gonna get those calls more than not.”

Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles, however, said he didn’t think the call was made just because the quarterback in question was Brady.

“I saw that one being called. I saw it against Tua since he got it. I saw it in the London game this morning,” Bowles said. “So I think they’re starting to crack down on some of the things, slinging back, I don’t know. Right now, the way that they’re calling it, I think a lot of people would have gotten that call.”

Falcons outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter, who was facing Jarrett and Brady as the sack occurred, said, “It looked like football to me. It looked like football. We just played aggressive.”

The roughing the passer was one of six penalties against Atlanta on Sunday for 55 yards. Tampa Bay was flagged six times for 45 yards.

Earlier on the final drive, Falcons cornerback A.J. Terrell was flagged for a defensive holding call on wide receiver Mike Evans that negated another third-down stop. Terrell said he had made contact with Evans at the line.

“It’s something I can’t control with the call, but they just called it in a clutch situation,” Terrell said. “Trying to get off the field.”

Bowles said there was an understanding, with the attention on league safety, about how the game might be called.

“League safety is at an all-time high, as it should be,” Bowles said. “Anything close — we understand going into the ballgame, they’re going to call it.”

ESPN’s Jenna Laine contributed to this report.