NFL legend Tom Brady won’t be making his debut in the FOX broadcast booth until next season. But the seven-time Super Bowl champion continues to put on his analysis hat since stepping away from the game ahead of the 2023 season.
Brady is the latest to weigh in on the NFL opting to suspend Pittsburgh Steelers safety Damontae Kazee for the remainder of the season after he was ejected from Saturday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts for a hit on wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. To say that Brady has an issue with the suspension would be an understatement..
He also took time to blame Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew for the pass that led to Pittman Jr. getting injured.
“Nobody likes seeing players get hurt. But hard hits happen. QBs should not be throwing the ball in areas where they are exposing their own teammates to these types of hits.
Coaches need to coach better, QBs needs to read coverages and throw the ball to the right places and defenders should aim for the right hitting areas. To put the blame on the defense player all the time is just flat out wrong. Need better QB play!! It’s not OK QBs to get your WRs hit because of your bad decisions!”
As you can see in the video, it was not a good pass from Minshew. He led Pittman Jr. too far, which played a role in the big hit the wide receiver took from Kazee.
Despite Brady’s comments and some of the push back the NFL has received for suspending Kazee, the league made it clear why the decision was made.
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“When players violate the rules intended to protect player safety on a repeated basis, and particularly when the violations carry with them a significant risk of injury to an opposing player, it is appropriate to impose substantially greater penalties,” NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan on the Kazee suspension.
Kazee was suspended for three games last season due to a violation of the NFL’s Substance Abuse Policy. His most-recent ban comes at a bad time for a reeling Steelers squad that sits at 7-7 on the season and is on the outside looking in when it comes to the AFC Playoff race.
Kazee, 30, has recorded two interceptions in 14 games (nine starts) this season.
