Stephen A. Smith doesn't like the roughing of the passer penalties. There is a time and a place for it.
Dean Pees has something to say about a lot of things. He will give a thought out answer if you ask him a question.
Unless, that is, you ask the Atlanta Falcons defensive coach about the roughing the passer penalty his star defensive lineman, Grady Jarrett, received on a critical third down late in the game.
Ask Pees about that, and he'll give you a long, cold stare. There was very little to say about it.
It's not necessarily from him but from his wife.
Pees was told not to say anything. We are moving forward. Moving on from San Francisco.
Happy wife, happy life 🤐 pic.twitter.com/IdXSRzds3l
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) October 13, 2022
At least it's a smart move.
The players and coaches have been fined by the league for their criticism of the officials. $29,785 is the first-offense fine and $59,575 is the second-offense fine for a verbal, non- physical offense against an official. It's not clear if the criticism of the officials after the fact would be considered a criticism.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback was fined $25,000 for his comments about game officials after the team's wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Detroit Lions safety Tracy Walker was fined $12,500 for making comments about officials.
As Falcons coach Arthur Smith did earlier in the week, Pees did his best to keep his paycheck in his pocket and not give it to the league.
The Falcons thought they had stopped the third down, which would have given them a chance to win the game. The game ended with the Buccaneers getting the first down and picking up another one.
I've seen a lot of #NFL football in my life, but someone is going to have to explain this roughing the passer call in the @AtlantaFalcons / @Buccaneers game. I'm not sure I've seen anything quite like this pic.twitter.com/YvmekNYxG2
— Scott Pioli (@scottpioli51) October 9, 2022
"The thing that hurt me the most was my team not being allowed to go do what we need to do," he said on his weekly radio appearance. Nobody knows if we're going to get a touchdown. I'm not blaming that for the loss of the game.
All we wanted was an opportunity that we as a whole team, staff and organization earned. It was unfortunate that it had to go down that way.
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