Tom Brady Admits to Getting Help from Refs in Massive AFC Championship Game

Legendary New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led his team to a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2017-2018 season.

Brady and the Patriots went on to lose the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles, but their win over the Jaguars in the 2017 AFC Championship Game completely derailed the organization, which is still trying to find its footing.

The Jacksonville Jaguars nearly went up by 17 points in the fourth quarter against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots

Early in the fourth quarter of the 2017 AFC Championship Game, the Jacksonville Jaguars were 20-10 against the vaunted dynasty of the New England Patriots.

The Patriots, desperate for a big play after scoring just 10 points throughout the entire game, tried a trick play in which wide receiver Danny Amendola threw a double-pass to running back Dion Lewis. Lewis had the ball stripped by Jaguars linebacker Myles Jack, who then began to take off down the sideline with no one in front of him.

The play was called dead and Jack was not allowed to attempt to score. After review, the officials determined that there was a turnover, but because the whistle was blown prematurely there was no chance for Jack to score.

The Jaguars got the ball, but the officials prevented Jack from putting the Jaguars up by three scores with under a quarter to go. Jacksonville proceeded to go three-and-out before allowing the Patriots to march down the field and score a touchdown. Now, instead of being up 27-10, the Jaguars were up 20-17. The Patriots scored again, leading to a 24-20 win and an advancement to the Super Bowl.

WOW… Tom Brady thinks Myles Jack’s fumble play where he was ruled down in the 2017 AFC Championship game WAS CALLED INCORRECTLY.

He said he thought it would’ve a touchdown, “I don’t think we were catching him either.”

HISTORY CHANGED..

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Former New England Patriots QB Tom Brady admitted that the refs made a bad call that hurt the Jacksonville Jaguars

The play, which was controversial from the moment it happened, has lived on in Jacksonville Jaguars history for the past six years.

Now, Tom Brady admitted that the officials made the wrong call. Brady acknowledged that he didn’t think Jack was down and that there was likely no chance anybody from the Patriots was catching him, as described in an article from Sports Illustrated.

“Oh no, I don’t think he was down. Oh god I don’t think we were catching him either,” Brady said, settling the debate.

Even if Jack was down, the officials called the play improperly. Officials are supposed to let plays of that nature play out as they can always overturn the touchdown and take the play back, but they can’t allow a player another chance to run the ball and attempt to score a touchdown.

The loss to the New England Patriots in the 2017 AFC Championship set the Jacksonville Jaguars organization back

After reaching the conference championship for the first time this century, the Jaguars had a promising future with one of the scariest pass rushes in the NFL.

Deemed “Sacksonville,” the Jaguars looked as if they may be competitors in the AFC for years to come. In Doug Marrone’s first full years as the head coach of the Jaguars, he led them to 10 wins for the first time since 2007.

A formidable quarterback in Blake Bortles paired with a promising young running back in Leonard Fournette was just good enough to be carried by one of the league’s most elite defenses. A young Jalen Ramsey and A.J. Bouye locked down the outside while a prime Calais Campbell and Paul Psluszny locked down the interior.

Young athletes such as Telvin Smith, Myles Jack and Yannick Ngakoue outlined one of the most fearsome pass rushes in the NFL. Four players on the Jaguars defense accounted for 42.5 sacks in 2017.

After the loss, the organization struggled to recover. They have yet to win as many games as they did in 2017 and they have only made the playoffs one time.

It took until 2022 for the Jaguars to win more than six games in a season. The poor stretch included a 2020 season, which was Marrone’s last, that saw them win just one game.

Now, the Jaguars are showing promise with one of the best young quarterbacks in the league in Trevor Lawrence. They made the playoffs in 2022 and even won a playoff game in one of the biggest comebacks in NFL history. With head coach Doug Pederson, the Jaguars won nine games in both 2022 and 2023.

While they look like they are in a better position than they were for the four years after the crushing AFC Championship Game loss to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, Jaguars fans still feel the effect of one of the most controversial calls in recent NFL history.

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