The NFL is getting crushed for for terrible roughing-the-passer penalties this year and rightfully so.
Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews has been flagged three times for roughing this season. While one was legitimate, two of those calls were on hits that were obviously clean to any reasonable observer of the game. One of them directly changed the outcome of a game.
Cleveland Browns pass rusher Myles Garrett got called for an equally egregious roughing penalty in Week 1 that ultimately led to to a Pittsburgh Steelers touchdown in a 21-21 tie.