Dan Fouts Says Brady Gets Special Treatment from the Refs
WEEI.com – Speaking on an episode of “NFL Monday QB” on CBS Sports Network, former Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts took a veiled shot at Tom Brady, hinting the Patriots quarterback gets special treatment from officials. “Tom Brady has to be protected to be effective,” said Fouts, who has become an NFL analyst for CBS Sports. “He’s protected better than anybody — not only by his offensive line, but sometimes, by those guys in the striped shirts.”
I get how every ex-defensive player on TV does this same song and dance about how Brady gets special treatment. Because that’s just their gig. It doesn’t bother me in the least coming from a Warren Sapp or Rodney Harrison or Howie Long because they’re supposed to think that way. It’s a tired old joke among all retired defensive guys. Part of that whole “They’re making defense illegal and why not put dresses on the quarterbacks” blabbity blah blah…” And at least they say it about every quarterback. They’re equal opportunity bellyachers. But if you read those quotes to me and asked which actual former quarterback said them it’d be a total no-brainer for me. I would’ve buzzed in and said “Dan Fouts” before you finished the question. What a goddamn fraud he is. His jealousy toward Brady is palpable and always has been. Here’s a guy who can’t even disguise his contempt for the Patriots in general and Brady’s passing numbers in particular. In his career he’s never seen a pass interference call against a Patriots receiver without playing the Special Treatment card and at least twice a game plays it the other way, saying the only reason Brady completed a pass is because his own guy pushed off and got away with it. And the kicker of it is, no QB in the history of the league ever benefited from more ticky tack penalty calls than he did. Those Charger teams of his were the most finessy of finesse teams. Hell, his best teammate was Kellen Winslow Sr, who invented the non-blocking, roving Y tight end position. And the reason the rules are so geared toward offenses now is the NFL fell in love with Fouts’ brand of soft non-physical Arena Football so they rewrote them to make the whole league like that. AND to protect quarterbacks, starting with Dan Fouts. If he’s got an axe to grind, he can take it up with the commissioner, because Brady’s playing under the same rules every other frigging QB in every other offense on every other team is playing. The only difference is, Brady wins and they don’t. And the only difference between him and Dan Fouts is he’s been to 5 Super Bowls, won 3 of them, and counting. That and Tom Brady has no one to be jealous of. @JerryThornton1
You are a brutal writer dude. God awful. Your Patriots garbage ruins the site.
Not saying Brady is not an all time great but you do realize that after he was injured rules were literally put in place so it wouldn’t happen? If that happened to Kyle Orton who cares? If you think Ginger Hammer doesn’t have players like him protected you’re older than I thought. Not saying I wouldn’t do the same, just more nonsense
@oddman then don’t read it
Let people talk. Brady is the best of all time, and all we want is another parade.
If you don’t think Brady is protected by the refs, you are like an autistic kid trying to deliver speech. For fuck sakes there are the Brady Rules! (Tuck Rule & No hits below the Knees) Does roses vagina kill brain cells?
I preface this statement with i am from Philly,not a Bostonian ball washer. Hey Dan Fouts! Fuck you! I am tired of these ghosts from the past bitching and moaning. “oh Brady is a crybaby,he is protected, I played in today’s game, blah blah blah” hey asshat you wouldn’t be Brady’s back up. You benifited from three great fucking wrs and arguably one of the best TE of all time in kellin Winslow sr. Brady makes household names out of players. Dan Fouts, go back to doing “just for men” beard questions you dick. And for the record, there are about 5 old timers that could even get on the field in today’s game. Sorry for he babble, but old heads need to stay old and retired
Tuck rule was before Brady was Brady. And no shit he gets other rules he’s the best in the league. It’s like saying lebron doesn’t get other rules. It sucks but you protect your stars, league would suck if every QB was a Sanchez or Tebow.
I’m not trying to piss any Pats fans off or anything, but he totally does get special treatment and if you say he doesn’t you’re lying. All the top QB’s do…but with Brady it’s on a another level. If I had a nickel for every time he’s been barely breathed on and the ref threw a flag for a late hit or roughing the passer I’d be a millionaire.
Let me be clear, I think he is one of the GOAT but if you honestly don’t think he gets Jordan Rules you are straight fucking crazy.
And Jerry, I can’t even take you seriously because 99% of your articles are complete homer horseshit. Although I’m fairly certain trolling is your schtick. You’re like the Skip Bayless of Barstool.
Not to change the subject…but…Today’s smokeshow lineup was literally 10′s across the bored until Neil’s smokeshow. Don’t get me wrong, Shauna is a cute girl. But you don’t let the freshman play the Varsity team cause those little fuckers are gonna get hurt. It’s just unfair for everyone involved. Take a strong 7 and stand her next to a bunch of goddesses and all of the sudden she looks like a bucktoothed bag of potatoes. Get it together Neil.
@stro the tuck rule was when brady was on the level of brad johnson type hoes, and why would the league want their star QB’s taking cheapshots to knee? if that happened to peyton or brees the same rule change would have happened, yes brady looks like a bitch and i hate him but he gets lit up all the time and usually gets back on his feet before the defender that hits him
Our Tom
Is an awesome Tom
He throws bombs
To Welker and Gronk
With wisdom
And your flowing brown locks
Our Tom is an awesome Tom
I hate neil, but I hate this fucking dickwad Jerry just as much.
Brady gets special treatment? nah the numbers say otherwise http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/29/jason-campbell-leads-the-league-in-roughing-the-passer-penalties/
Kraft and Goodell are thick as thieves! Tommy Boy bitches and complains to the refs more than any otlher QB in the league. Another Super Bowl lose would be epic!
“Tom Brady gets special treatment wahwahwah.” In other news, water is wet and Indian people smell funny
Shit, I’d protect the best qb in the league if I was a ref.
Shit, I’d protect the best qb in the league if I was a ref.
JDarts you would have 2 nickels this year. The patriots have gotten 2 roughing the passer calls this season, while such great quarterback teams as Miami, Oakland, and Carolina have gotten 7 or 8. In 2011, we got one roughing the passer call, and we played 19 games. In 2010, 2 calls for us. I’m not saying Brady doesn’t get special treatment, but that’s the same thing as any QB who can throw for 3500. The league protects it’s passers, and Brady doesn’t get anything more special than them. Unless you count the below the knees rule, which should be a rule in the first place.
source : http://www.nflpenalties.com/penalty/roughing-the-passer?&year=2012
EZBreezey, you know that stat means absolutely nothing, right?
From that same article: Actually, the truth is that the data about roughing the passer penalties doesn’t tell us much about which quarterbacks are being protected and which ones are not — or if NFL officials actually “protect” any quarterbacks more than any others. The fact that Campbell draws a roughing the passer penalty 1.46 times for every 100 passes while Tom Brady draws a roughing the passer penalty 0.16 times for every 100 passes probably means that Brady is getting the ball away before the defense even gets close to him, while Campbell is frequently throwing under intense pressure. It would be much more useful to analyze penalties per hit than penalties per pass.
It’s ironic that the tuck rule gave Brady one Super Bowl and Justin Tuck took two away from him with 4 sacks and a safety.
I’m not saying Brady’s treatment is really any worse than any of the top QB’s. Let’s face it, the NFL has become a pussy league in almost every facet anyways. QB’s are just the most glaring area.
It’s also ironic how and ELIte QB can miss the post season.
@betheljohnson next time you log onto barstool to post that stupid-ass thing about Tom Brady, why don’t you do us all a favor and punch yourself in the dick instead
You can’t hit the QB too high, too low, but the one the pisses me off the most is roughing the passer. Gets called all the time, I have watching Aaron Rodgers call for the hankie so much this year and he always gets it.
@jdarts is completely right. Brady has less roughing-the-passer flags against him because he has a better o-line and gets the ball out quicker…Jason Campbell isn’t getting superstar treatment, he just sucks so he hangs on to the ball and takes hits
Although I did say earlier he did got extra special treatment from the refs. Fuck. I’m gonna take a lap.
The tuck rule was already a rule and and if Peyton, Brees or some other superstar QB had his ACL blown out by a hit below the knees the rule would be named after them. Brady gets special treatment along with the elite QBs, but it’s not just him
The Giants may be playing golf right now, but I’m sure that’s tougher than playing in the AFC east! Congrats on ONE playoff win
The jealously towards Brady and Patriots is hysterical, for everybody whose saying he gets special treatment give one example. It is not called the Tom Brady rule idiots its called the Carson Palmer rule. When Palmer’s knee got fucked up the rules committee modified the rule regarding hitting a QB low. And for roughing the passer calls Brady had only two of them all year!!!!!
NFC east, possibly most overrated division in all of sports bro.
NFC east, possibly most overrated division in all of sports bro.
^ its also ironic how Tom Brady has also missed the playoffs after he won a superbowl, and you probably had no idea. Does this mean he isn’t elite?
If your profitable you get special treatment..Brady, Crosby, Jordan,Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo… This is ‘merican Capitalism folks
I’m a Bengals fan (go ahead and make fun of me, I deserve it) and ccurn34 does make a good point…a lot of the rules did change after Carson Palmer’s hit in the ’05 playoffs.
We may be slightly jealous, but you folks are so FUCKING DELUSIONAL. The reason that he and other premier QBs dont have many RTP penalties is because they get the ball out so quickly. Keep in mind that your NE team also benefits from a lot of DPI and Holding Penalties. Granted they throw more but, their is a lot of calls that are fairly questionable.
Also, Brady didn’t win the big game last year, and it is Welkers fault for dropping a ball. Manning loses a game and it is his fault that his safety managed to blow his coverage.. I am not defending Manning either. I personally hate (but respect) both players.
@philly you mean that same ELIte QB that has as many Superbowl MVPa, out plays Brady, and hasn’t lost the big game? Pats may just have a chance this year because they won’t be playing the Giants. In
oakmonster, fuck your mom after you enjoy the game on sunday
brady and peyton definitely get special treatment from the refs. and brady definitely deserves any criticism he gets for it because of the way he cries/yells at the refs if he is so much as touched by a defensive player.
@pippen your comment deserves no response, @saskstoolie did Peyton throw a int in overtime to set up the game winning kick?
Stro you’re a fucking retard. Go rot in faggotville connecticut while you pretend to be from new york
@stro I could careless how many Super Bowl MVPa Brady has he’s got 3 rings going for a fourth and going to be in his 6 Super Bowl in 11 years, but it must be easy to talk shit when your teams season has been over for a month now.
@CancelPhilly that’s a brilliant comeback, good points, supported by facts. No argument can be made now.
I mean I always like the whole Eli/Brady debate… but saying Eli is as good or even better than Brady pretty much makes you a silly goose of the tallest order
question for you pats fans..do you think brady/belichick need to win another superbowl to legitimize their other ones pre spygate?
Really, that is your argument @Cancel. Do you understand that the game should have never gotten that far. In fact, statistics show that Manning led the Broncos to a 95% of victory w/ 30 seconds left, until Jones scored that TD. Also keep in mind that Flacco (who beat also beat your precious Brady this year) had a pretty good game and Fox couldn’t adjust to Smiths speed against Bailey. I am not defending that atrocious throw accross the body, but it can’t go both ways where you pick and choose who to put the blame on.. Why couldn’t have Brady just hit Welker in the chest.. He was also on the run and put the ball high..
Nice one Casinout, did you come up with that one on your own, or did you steal it from the jets sidelines?
After Bernard Pierce fucked Brady’s knee (unintentionally) the league started calling every low hit or tackle on Brady unnecessary roughness or roughing the passer. Don’t believe me? Suggs literally gets blocked into Brady and they throw the flag. If you don’t realize it, you’re crazy. It doesn’t take anything away from his accomplishments so idk why you can’t just admit it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75YPZmpp1Wk
@saskstoolie pretty big play tho huh?
Well, he’s right.
I’m sorry did anyone see Lance Armstrong and Bill Belicheat on Oprah yesterday?
@dudebro I am from NY, I moved to CT when the black people moved into lower Westchester. I do find it kind of weird that you’ve followed a commenter for so long you know where he’s from. That’s totally not gay
@philly blah blah blah he can’t beat the Giants. End of story. Sorry, but that’s just the facts,
I don’t even know what to say to you @Cancel. I currently place you at the same IQ level as @betheljohnsonshands.
Bernard Pollard** my bad. Take a lap
What Ryanq5 said. Dead on. It’s just like Jordan…doesn’t take away from the fact that he’s one of the greatest to ever do it(we can argue who the greatest in either sport is all day) it just means that refs tend to get starry eyed around him and gift wrap a few calls. Nothing really wrong with it I guess, but to deny it happens is a bit of a joke.
Huge Pats fan but there is no denying Brady does get special treatment. I will say though that, A) all QBs are pussies now and get treated specially, and B)there is a group, in which Brady belongs, that get even more special treatment. Brady, Peyton, Brees all are at the level now where they get a flag throw if they get hit too hard. This is partly because they are the best in the game, but also because they are traditional pocket passers. Rodgers doesnt get as many of these calls because he can move around a bit.
In the end they should all grow a pair of balls seeing as they have millions of dollars, hot wives, and will be marked as some of the best to play the game…but most importantly have hot gfs of wives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aCD0paobEs
Wan’t to talk about special rules? Bill Polian complained so fucking loud in order to get Fraud Manning his only SB. He completely changed how DBs could cover the WRs.
I don’t see what the Patriot fans are getting big dicks about. The fact that he gets special treatment is a compliment and a testament to his career. If Mark Sanchez got special treatment (Jets fan here), then we can talk about a conspiracy.
@jdarts – maybe you should have kept reading – “But the data is interesting nonetheless. After Campbell, the quarterbacks who draw the most roughing the passer penalties are Jay Cutler, Colt McCoy, Jimmy Clausen and Sam Bradford. In addition to Brady, the quarterbacks who draw the fewest roughing the passer penalties are Eli Manning, Matt Schaub, Peyton Manning, David Garrard, Joe Flacco, Kevin Kolb and Tony Romo. Whether there’s anything to glean from that data is open to debate, although Pereira is certainly correct that the star quarterbacks don’t appear to pick up roughing the passer penalties any more than the scrubs.”
also nice little fact – in 3 full seasons for Brady (2007, 2009, 2010) he drew 8 RTP calls. HOLY FUCK! thats 2.7 RTP calls a year! All the guy has to do is ask for a flag, huh?
its funny how everyone is so jealous of brady. he is probably the number one human alive, deal with it, faggot
Just enter ‘Brady hits’ on youtube. He takes abuse.
The NFL protects Tommy Boy so they can keep the homosexual market interested in watching. I mean come on, what straight guy wears ugg boots and fur coats and has there “wife” brush their hair everyday. Gisele is a cover for the gayest man in America.
hey Jerry, it’s about time you shorten your blogs. I honestly don’t think i have ever read one because they are written like a fucking essay. chill out with the length bro. this should have been said a long time ago
Oakmonster – How ’bout them G-Men, you fucking faggot? They’ll be on the links for 9am tomorrow. Can’t spell ‘Eliminated’ without ‘Eli’ you over zealous Brady hater. You’re so salty I love it. Hater. Suck a dick and kiss the rings while you’re at it bitch. Get ready for #4, comin’ right up, cock-boy!
Why the fuck is anyone listening to what a Bengals fan has to say about Brady? If you’re a genuine Pats fan and watch every single play of every game, you will see Brady on his ass 4 or 5 times a game and as previously mentioned…not many roughing the passer calls are called. It’s not Andrew Luck with Indy’s line getting hit 7 or 8 times a game, but it also ain’t Peyton who’s lucky to get hit twice a game with Denver’s line. And all you dumbass fairweather Pat’s fans, stop agreeing that he does get special treatment cause he doesn’t. There is absolutely nothing to back that up so fuck off. Just enjoy how the guy dissects defense’s like no other before his careers over, and we have to know what being mediocre feels like again.
Give me a fucking break with this bullshit. Do people even look at the evidence anymore? The pats run more plays than any other team in football, and yet their middle of the pack in receiving roughing the passer calls (17th) and 11th in defensive holding calls.
Man, oakmonster, you really are a dumb bitch.
And stro, I can tell you’re from CT because you’re way too loud about your new york bullshit, like you’re trying to prove something. get fucked. deal with it. Pats are going to the AFCCG and are probably going to win. stop crying about it.
Gronkaski can be Eli’s caddie. Brady just can’t win the big one any more, no matter how much help he gets from the league and refs! Wow all those cock references tickle, I bet you have a tramp stamp Pats tattoo!
@tickle you do know the pats havent won since ’04 right? and that the giants have beat the pats in the SB twice in the last 5 years? right, just checking.
I don’t think it’s possible for you faggots from Boston to become any bigger pussies. Good God man, you are supposedly grown as men who fucking drool over Tom Brady. You think Tom Brady gives a fuck about you morons? He would tell you fucks to grow up, get off his nuts, and get a real fucking job.
Jerry, thanks for a good blog. I appreciate your grammar and punctuation. I’m a fan of all the Barstool bloggers (except Neil) but most of them make so many SIMPLE grammatical errors. I’m a stickler for that shit. Now I’ll get 13 thumbs down, and people tellin me to hop off your D.
@dudebro, so your telling me that your mom and i have something in common!
How happy are you from a scale of 1-10 that the website Worldstarhiphop is pretty much feeding off your videos? Check them out… in less than 12 hours they posted the Ravens dude freaking out and then the fat dude chugging the water bottle.
I’m not crying I think Brady is one of the GOATs but, if you don’t think he’s protected by the refs you are lying to yourself.
@stro – I KNOW he’s not protected more than any other QB, the numbers prove it
fire jerry
Every time a Patriots hater cries an Angel gets it’s wings.
Brady haters just placate themselves by saying he is over protected by the refs. It really is not the case at all, with the most recent game as my case in point was the first meeting between the Texans and the Pats and JJ Watt was all over TB12 and I don’t recall any roughing the passer calls. Keep convincing yourselves otherwise, though; you haters crack me up!
Patriot haters sound like a bunch of fat girls that can’t get layed.
Prez do you pay Jerry $60g’s a year to write this sh*t? Or does he gte paid by the word?
@oakmonster Have fun watching the another AFC championship in Foxboro you peperonni smelling greeseball. “Hey ma – how bout that meatloaf!”
Just like Jordan, when you’re the best you get calls….
Brady is the best of his era but not the best of all time…
Montana has 4 rings and never lost a superbowl
Brady is 1 superbowl loss away from being .500
The NFL will do anything to help Brady , what other Super Bowl MVP threw for only 145 yards. The best player the Pats ever had was Vinatari. I bet the Pats get to lose in another Super Bowl , because the Ravens will drop a TD pass with 6 seconds left and then miss a chip shot field goal to lose this Sunday.
17 postseason wins wow! Sanchez has 6 in four years so he’s on track to break that record!
I’m too stoned to do math, Sanchez only has 4. Eli and I will go back to commenting on Jerry’s kids home page!
New York has one football team – the Bills. I don’t get all this new york giants shit. They’re headquartered at Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, NJ, 07073 United States
(201) 935-8111. This is also where they play their games. If you’re a giants fan, say you’re a giants fan. or you’re a non-jets new jersey fan. saying you’re a ny fan is a misnomer. Because that would mean you’re a Bills fan. And you wouldn’t be as big a fucking loser, but it would be pretty damn close.
Brady is the best quarterback that ever lived. You’re delusional if you believe otherwise. The guy has already re-written the record books and he’s nowhere near finished. Any other quarterback take their team to 5 SB’s and win 3 of them? Oh, and the 2 he lost were by the slimmest of margins. Granted, they were still losses, but acting like he didn’t belong in the games or like he didn’t acquit himself capably is just New Jersey faggot homerism.