Crybaby Tom Brady on officiating: "I'm begging for preferential treatment"
Matt Davis
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Tom Brady had a little bit of fun with the media today on his conference
call with Baltimore reporters. Asked if he felt like he was unfairly
criticized for lobbying for two roughing the passer penalties in the
Patriots' 27-21 win over the Ravens earlier this season, Brady joked that
he'd take whatever the officials would give him if it would help New
England win.
"Oh, I'm begging for preferential treatment if they'll give it to me,"
Brady said. "I just don't think they'll give it to me all the time. So I'm
trying to butter up to those officials before the game and during the game
so that we do get a call once in awhile. If it helps our team win, I'm all
for it."
Brady's quote, though clearly in jest, is likely to make Ravens fans blood
boil, considering the way events unfolded in the first game. Two New
England touchdown drives were kept alive when the Ravens were flagged for
roughing the passer, including one where Terrell Suggs was flagged even
though it appeared he barely grazed Brady's thigh. After letting the ball
go, Brady looked at the official and pointed to his leg, then pumped his
fist when the flag was thrown.
After the game, Brady's former teammate, safety Rodney Harrison, suggested
on NBC's highlight show that Brady "take off the skirt, put on some slacks
and toughen up." Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs both criticized the officials
after the game.
Whether or not Brady gets favorable treatment was a hot topic Wednesday
with the media from Boston and Baltimore peppering the players for their
opinion. Brady has laughed it off, for the most part.
"I think everyone has the right to feel how they feel after the game," he
said. "That stuff never really bothers me much, who says it, whether it's
an old teammate or an opposing team. It's just part of the game. We as
players don't make the rules. When calls go for us, we're all happy. When
they go against us, we're pissed off. So in the end, that's just the way I
think all of us are made up."
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I hope he laughed just like that this past Sunday when a defensive player
pushed him on his skirted hiney and pointing to the nearest referee for "the
call" was totally ignored. I then laughed so hard my ribs started to hurt.
Drew ~
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