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Tom Brady spoke too soon. Just days after bragging that referees let him get away with bad behavior, the seven-time Super Bowl winner got flagged for the first unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in his career on Sunday. And he got a bloody lip for his trouble.
Fans on Twitter mocked him for it. And it was all the sweeter for Brady haters as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ comeback ― aided by the Los Angeles Rams’ incessant fumbling ― fell short in a 30-27 divisional-round playoff defeat.
In the first half, Brady screamed at referee Shawn Hochuli, claiming that LA’s Von Miller hit him illegally and gave him a bloody lip. But it was Brady who got flagged for giving the ref lip.
Brady was then hit with a torrent of Twitter jokes (see them below).
A few days earlier on his podcast, Brady admitted getting preferential treatment from officials.
“I do know that they probably let me get away with a lot of unsportsmanlike conducts, talking smack to the other team and talking smack to the refs when I don’t think I get the right call,” Brady confessed. “I’m kind of a pain in their ass, if you don’t already know that.”
Hochuli defended his call on Brady to reporters after the game: “He got in my face in an aggressive manner and used abusive language. As for the hit, we did not think that it rose to the level of roughing the passer.”
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