Tom Brady on Falcons' Controversial Roughing Penalty: 'I Don't Throw the Flags'

Don't blame Tom Brady for the roughing the passer call in Sunday's game.

Brady told reporters after the game that he didn't throw the flags.

Justin Felder @Justin_FOX5

Tom Brady with a thoughtful, detailed explanation on why, in his mind and based on the NFL rulebook, Grady Jarrett's play was indeed roughing the passer. pic.twitter.com/sth2MCxCRu

The Falcons sacked Brady on 3rd-and-5 late in the fourth quarter, but a questionable roughing the passer call gave the Bucs an automatic first down.

A lot of people were critical of the flag.

Robert Griffin III @RGIII

The Falcons got ROBBED. Hitting the QB hard does not equal Roughing the Passer even if it’s Tom Brady.

Cameron Wolfe @CameronWolfe

Wow. Potential game-changing roughing the passer call on Grady Jarrett sacking Tom Brady. Falcons HC Arthur Smith is livid. And frankly, he has good reason. Didn’t see much for roughing the passer there.

Donald Payne Jr @7PayneTrain

We all can agree that roughing the passer call on Grady Jarret was definitely the worst we've ever seen. I've seen peewee kids tackle harder than that

The first down came after A.J. Terrell was called for defensive holding.

The drive continued and the team was able to convert one more first down.

The Falcons could have won the game with one more possession.

The Falcons flags came at the worst time, as each team had six accepted penalties.