Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has been fined by the NFL after they deemed him guilty of kicking defensive end Grady Jarrett.
Brady was sacked in the fourth quarter in the Buccaneers win over the Atlanta Falcons, and appeared to kick out at Jarrett who brought him to the ground. As a result, the NFL has fined Brady $11,139 (£10,000) as it's his first offence of the season, meaning another would set him back $16,444 (£14,700).
Jarrett was also fined for roughing the passer, although his flag was seen as extremely soft at such a crucial point in the match. And Jarrett and Brady have since disagreed over whether the call was right.
The Buccaneers suffered a late scare during their clash with the Falcons, as they saw their 21-point lead reduced to just six in the final quarter. They held on to win to get back to winning ways, but Brady looked frustrated as he was sacked by Jarrett during the match.
The pair fell to the floor, and a flag was thrown for roughing the passer. There was outrage among Falcons fans and even the wider NFL picture, as a flag was thrown for a sack on Brady, when it looked relatively clean.
The Falcons defensive end addressed the matter on The Grady Jarrett Show, and said: "I'm not saying that it cost us the game, but it cost us an opportunity to go win the game.
"If it's costing people games, it's going to cost people's livelihood's, it's costing people opportunity. You never know who will go down and make a crazy play.
"When people watch it to be entertained, they love to see some game winning drives and then when you do it the right way, that's what makes it so frustrating because you did follow the rules. And you didn't do anything bad, so let's get the game what the game is owed, and that's the best product we can put on the field.
"That's the thing that really drives you just a little crazy. In full speed, it may look more malicious than it really is because the refs are human as well, so let's just take a little bit off the plate and be able to review something like that just for the defensive sake so we can get something."
But Brady felt otherwise, as he labelled it as 'unwelcome' on the Let's Go! Podcast. "It was a long hug, a long unwelcome hug from Grady," Brady said. "And he was in the backfield all day.
"So as I said after the games, I don't throw flags. What I do throw is tablets, and I didn't have one accessible at that time. He had a hell of a game. I'll leave it at that."
