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Andrew Joseph

Referee Jerome Boger gave a super lame explanation for awful roughing call in Bucs-Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are going to have a tough time getting over Sunday’s Week 5 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the postgame remarks from referee Jerome Boger won’t make that flight home any easier for Arthur Smith’s team.

After falling down 21-0, the Falcons battled back to get within six points. And with just under three minutes to play in the game, Grady Jarrett did about everything he could to sack Tom Brady cleanly on third down to force what should have been a punting situation.

That was when Boger jumped in to flip the game upside down. He called one of the worst roughing the passer calls you’ll see in an NFL game. And worst of all: He stood by his call in the postgame pool report.

According to Boger, he saw Jarrett “unnecessarily” throw Brady to the ground when replays showed Jarrett wrap Brady up from the hip while in pursuit and simply complete the tackle.

Again, Jarrett didn’t throw Brady as he had the Bucs quarterback wrapped up through the entire motion of the tackle. It was a terrible call and arguably an even worse explanation from a ref who’s been known to botch roughing calls.

NFL fans had heard enough from Boger after his latest remarks.

This was how Twitter reacted

Enough is enough, NFL. Boger’s mistakes cannot continue like this.

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