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Falcons again on the losing end of NFL’s inconsistent protection of game integrity

The Falcons have been penalized twice in 2022. Once due to overly protective rules to protect the integrity of the game. Once due to a lack of rules to protect the integrity of the game.

What an absolutely maddening time to be a Falcons fan.

On Sunday against Tampa Bay, we saw one of the most poorly officiated games in quite some time. While most saw the egregious roughing the passer call on Grady Jarrett’s clean and legal sack of Tom Brady, there was so much more going on. We saw Tom Brady kicking at Grady Jarrett multiple times without penalty.