Getty Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts on the sideline during the second half in the game against the Atlanta Falcons.
My, oh my have the tables turned.
On Friday, October 14, the NFL issued a fine to Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady for kicking Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Grady Jarrett during a controversial sack in Week 5.
Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Brady was fined $11,139 for the kick.
Buccaneers QB Tom Brady has been fined $11,139 for kicking at Falcons DL Grady Jarrett, source confirms. ESPN first reported. Jarrett was flagged for roughing the passer on this play.
This isn’t the first time Brady received this kind of fine. In 2013, he was fined roughly $10,000 for kicking former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed, via ESPN.
The league’s fine for striking, kicking or kneeing is $11,139 for a first offense and $16,444 for a second offense.
Fans React to Tom Brady’s Fine
Naturally, NFL fans took to Twitter to share their reactions over the kicking fine.
Brady, who seems to have everything go his way in the league is getting punished, and it’s safe to say that fans are enjoying it a little too much.
“Golden boy gets fined? We going for aesthetics now I see,” tweeted a fan.
Although, 11 thousand bucks isn’t much for someone worth over $200 million.
“Brady is about to file for bankruptcy with that massive fine,” a fan joked.
“That’s like 10 dollars to him 😒😒,” another fan wrote.
“That’s chump change to him smh,” a fan agreed.
And as if the Brady drama couldn’t get any worse for him, he and his super-model wife, Gisele Bündchen, have allegedly filed for divorce recently. So, fans couldn’t miss out on their opportunity to throw jokes to incorporate jokes around that as well.
“Well divorce lawyers are expensive,” a fan wrote.
“That’s a lot for a divorced man,” another fan commented.
While Brady may finally be getting a long-awaited punishment from the league, it still doesn’t make up for the unnecessary roughing-the-passer call on Grady Jarrett. If the call never happened, there’s a strong possibility that the Falcons could have come back and beat Tampa.
“Still doesn’t change the outcome of the game,” a fan said.
Arthur Smith Had Strong Words for Referee in Week 5
The controversial roughing-the-passer call “heard around the world” with under three minutes to play was one that totally could have changed the outcome of Sunday’s game.
Instead, the Bucs were given an automatic first down and were able to close out the game by draining the clock.
After the game, the Falcons’ head coach Arthur Smith declined to comment on the call.
“I’m proud of our guys,” he said, following Atlanta’s 21-15 loss. “We don’t ever think we’re out of the fight.”
But it appeared that he did have some strong words for the ref, Jerome Boger, during the game.
“You f****** b****,” he apparently yelled toward a ref during the final two minutes of the game.
Arthur Smith with some strong words for … 🤷♂️
And what was Boger’s defense after the game?
“What I had was the defender grabbed the quarterback while he was still in the pocket and unnecessarily throwing him to the ground,” Boger explained. “That is what I was making my decision based on.”
With Sunday’s loss, the Falcons dropped to a 2-3 record on the year, while the Buccaneers moved to 3-2, putting them first in the NFC South rather than tied with Atlanta.