Chiefs’ Chris Jones was called for roughing the passer for this, um, hit on Tom Brady
Even former NFL referee Gene Steratore said the officials got it wrong.
In the fourth quarter of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, a Patriots drive was aided by a questionable roughing the passer call against Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones.
Instead of third-and-7, the Patriots got a first down on a drive that ended with a touchdown.
Steratore, who works for CBS, admitted that was the wrong call.
Here was the play:
This story was originally published January 20, 2019 at 8:59 PM.