Tom Brady disagrees with referees on controversial pass interference call against Eagles in Super Bowl LIX

The officiating successful Super Bowl LIX has been a hot-button taxable successful the weeks and days starring up to the large crippled successful New Orleans.

Earlier this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell dismissed claims that officiating crews are biased successful favour of the Kansas City Chiefs. He described the allegations arsenic "ridiculous." It took conscionable a fewer minutes to tick disconnected the crippled timepiece connected Sunday earlier the referees took the spotlight erstwhile again.

Philadelphia Eagles caput manager Nick Sirianni elected to spell for it connected 4th down successful the archetypal quarter. Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts recovered wide receiver A.J. Brown acold down the close sideline.

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But Brown's drawback was negated erstwhile referees threw a punishment flag. Brown was assessed with an violative walk interference penalty.

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Replays appeared to amusement immoderate interaction betwixt Brown and Chiefs antiaircraft backmost Trent McDuffie, who fell to the crushed during the play. The referee's telephone sparked immoderate controversy, with immoderate arguing Brown's actions did not escalate to the level of walk interference.

Seven-time Super Bowl victor and FOX Sports pb expert Tom Brady was among those who took contented with the call.

"He’s a big, physical, beardown receiver. Just getting disconnected the property connected McDuffie. Aw, don’t similar that 1 bit. This is excessively captious of a game. The hand-fighting is going connected down the field. What bash you think, Mike?" Brady asked FOX Sports rules adept Mike Pereira, who is besides a subordinate of the broadcast team.

"Certainly I hold erstwhile you look at, there’s hand-fighting. There’s a small spot of shove astatine the extremity and a trip. I deliberation it’s 1 that did not request to beryllium called," Pereira explained.

Brady followed Pereira's comments by asserting that benignant of telephone shouldn't hap successful a crippled of this magnitude.

"I ever thought successful these games you fto the players play. It should beryllium decided connected the field. Don’t similar that telephone to commencement the game," Brady finished.

The Eagles went into the locker country astatine the Caesars Superdome with a 24-0 halftime lead. Hurts rushed for a touchdown and threw different successful the archetypal half. Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes ended the archetypal 2 quarters with conscionable 33 passing yards. He threw 2 interceptions, 1 of which Eagles antiaircraft backmost Cooper DeJean ran backmost for a touchdown.

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