The Pittsburgh Steelers held on to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-27, in what started out as a blowout, but ended up being a suspenseful Monday Night Football game. But all anyone seems to be talking about is Jason Witten and his odd comment about a roughing-the-passer penalty.
During the fourth quarter, referees called the fourth roughing-the-passer penalty of the night, an extension of what has become a hot topic for the NFL after the league adjusted its rules to be more favorable to the quarterback.
Witten, the former Dallas Cowboys tight end who replaced Jon Gruden in the booth as ESPN's lead analyst, was on the call when the penalty was called, and made the odd claim that the NFL has become too "left wing" when it comes to protecting quarterbacks.