{"id":12821,"date":"2023-02-14T17:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/tom-brady-shares-honest-take-on-2023-super-bowl-controversial-holding-call\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T17:54:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:54:20","slug":"tom-brady-shares-honest-take-on-2023-super-bowl-controversial-holding-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/tom-brady-shares-honest-take-on-2023-super-bowl-controversial-holding-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady shares honest take on 2023 Super Bowl controversial holding call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3856646\" data-slug-id=\"1400065\">\n<p>Tom Brady has given his verdict on the controversial holding call that came in the last minutes of Super Bowl LVII, and he&#8217;s not a huge fan of it. It&#8217;s hard to swallow a flag potentially robbing the Philadelphia Eagles of a chance to tie the game, but that could be what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Brady discussed the penalty on the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go!&#8221; podcast:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always, I think, easier not to call it. The hard one is when you do call it because there&#8217;s a lot of scrutiny with that call.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/lets-go-with-tom-brady-larry-fitzgerald-and-jim-gray\/id1584409760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">He continued<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;And I think the point is, at least from a receiver DB standpoint, you know, if you&#8217;re not going to come from, you know, let&#8217;s say within the letter of the law, and you&#8217;re going to tug it on, you can impede the receiver from where he wants to go and create an almost impossible throwing catch by the quarterback.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cA Legitimate Call\u201d - Mike Pereira on Chiefs-Eagles Controversial Holding Flag | The Rich Eisen Show\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aIHKD6W4K3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\" data-embed=\"aIHKD6W4K3M\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/02\/01231-16763781683938-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/02\/01231-16763781683938-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He finished, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;And at the same time on the other side of the ball. If the receiver pushes off, there&#8217;s really nothing that DB can do in order to make the play. So it&#8217;s such a hard situation because you don&#8217;t know how the game is being called all day long.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eagles cornerback James Bradberry admitted that he held Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster&#8217;s jersey. However, he had hoped the officials wouldn&#8217;t call it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morning Meeting: Did This Call Cost The Eagles The Super Bowl? | 02\/13\/23\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blCzq9opxO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/youtube\" data-embed=\"blCzq9opxO8\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/02\/26f7c-16763781551801-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/02\/26f7c-16763781551801-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brady seems to be in the same line of thinking that the refs might have considered swallowing the whistle. Nevertheless, it was a penalty.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>What penalty is Tom Brady referring to?<\/h2>\n<p>Tom Brady was referring to the controversial holding call in the final two minutes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/why-donald-trump-beefing-rihanna-super-bowl-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Super Bowl<\/a>. Due to the call, the Chiefs received a fresh set of downs and whittled the clock away.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/02\/3fbe7-16763780064068-1920.jpg\" alt=\"The holding call Tom Brady referred to\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/02\/3fbe7-16763780064068-1920.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>The holding call Tom Brady referred to<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a third down near the red zone and the Eagles had one timeout remaining. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nfl\/patrick-mahomes-channels-michael-jordan-flu-game-victory-philadelphia-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> tossed a pass towards the end zone for Smith-Schuster, who was running a wheel route.<\/p>\n<p>Bradberry had held him at the beginning of his route, which may have prevented him from getting to the ball. 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