Falcons’ Dean Pees listens to spouse, will not threat superb over Tom Brady roughing name

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Dean Pees normally has one thing to say about virtually something. Ask him a query, he’ll give a thought out, verbose reply.

Except, that’s, you ask the Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator concerning the roughing the passer penalty his star defensive lineman, Grady Jarrett, obtained on a essential third down late in final Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Ask Pees about that — as he was throughout his weekly media availability on Thursday — and you will get an extended, chilly, critical stare. After which only a few phrases to observe up on it.

That comes not essentially from him, however on recommendation from the 73-year-old’s spouse, Melody.

“No, my spouse instructed me, ‘Don’t say something,'” Pees stated. “We’re shifting on. San Francisco week, shifting on.”

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It is in all probability a sensible transfer, financially no less than.

The NFL has fined gamers and coaches for criticizing officiating previously. Whereas it is not particularly listed within the superb guide, what’s listed as “a verbal, non-physical offense towards [an] official” is a $29,785, first-offense superb and $59,575 as a second offense. It isn’t clear if criticism of officiating after the actual fact would fall into that class.

In 2018, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was fined $25,000 for criticizing officers, and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was additionally fined $25,000 final season after his postgame feedback about recreation officers following the crew’s wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

In 2019, Detroit Lions security Tracy Walker, then-Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and then-Los Angeles Rams linebacker Clay Matthews had been all fined $12,500 for criticizing officers as nicely.

So Pees, simply as Falcons coach Arthur Smith did earlier within the week by sidestepping any true criticism of officiating on the Jarrett flag, did his greatest to maintain his paycheck in his pocket as a substitute of handing it again out to the NFL.

The Falcons had thought that they had stopped Tampa Bay on the third down when Jarrett sacked Brady, which might have introduced up fourth down and given Atlanta an opportunity at a game-winning drive. As a substitute, the Buccaneers obtained the primary down, picked up one other first down and ended the sport.

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“The factor that damage me probably the most was my crew not being allowed to have the chance to go do what we have to do, ,” Jarrett stated on his weekly radio look on 680 The Fan in Atlanta on Tuesday. “Like I stated, no person is aware of if we go on the market and we go get a landing. I am not saying that misplaced us the sport.

“I am saying all we needed was a chance that we as an entire crew, workers and group earned in that second, . That is unlucky that it needed to go down like that.”