Does Tom Brady receive preferential treatment from referees?
On Wednesday, the Buccaneers quarterback responded to Jim Gray on the subject. A two-step response.
Does he get more whistles for roughing the quarterback? No.
“I always hear about that for penalties, brutality. I can’t remember the last time a brutality was hissed at me. I don’t feel like it happens as often as people think. “
The numbers prove Brady right. Only one brutality on him has been whistled in the 2021 season. Since 2015, he even has the 4th lowest rate of brutalities whistled in his favor, sAccording to Cris Collinsworth.
But there is one point on which Brady concedes that he is entitled to preferential treatment: his rate of speech and vulgarities.
“I know they probably let me get away with a lot of unsportsmanlike conduct, saying things to the other team and saying things to the referees when I think I’m on the wrong whistle. I’m a bit of a pain in the ass with them if you didn’t already know that. “
.@PFF can you pull this stat? Unless it doesn’t favor me in which case forget this ever happened…
“Let’s Go!” is out now: https://t.co/yiKIK5ImOP @JimGrayOfficial @SIRIUSXM pic.twitter.com/pa41UVCUGe
—Tom Brady (@TomBrady) January 19, 2022
