The Patriots, under Bill Belichick, have been one of the smartest teams in football, and they rarely commit mental mistakes or take costly penalties to make things easier on their opponents.
But they did that during Thursday night’s game against the Bucs, and Belichick went nuts on the sideline afterwards.
On the final play of the first half, the Patriots were called for a roughing the passer penalty due to a late hit on Jameis Winston. The Bucs then tried a Hail Mary pass, which fell incomplete, but the Patriots were once again flagged for roughing the passer, keeping the drive alive.
And Belichick was furious about it on the sideline afterwards. Check out his reaction.
When you're waiting for the RT's to roll in pic.twitter.com/IydnBFv4FF
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) October 6, 2017
Nick Folk was then given the opportunity to attempt a 56-yard field goal, which he missed, so the penalties didn’t negatively affect the Patriots. They did, however, have an impact on Twitter, where users had some fun with Belichick’s priceless reaction.
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/916131827265482758
https://twitter.com/BBaxter020/status/916134211282718720
https://twitter.com/ScoundrelPrez/status/916129405415632896
https://twitter.com/fake_sc/status/916125626679091200
RIP Brandon Bolden. Bill Belichick is going to murder you #NEvsTB
— Dontrelle “Ron’quavion” Willis (@DTRAlN) October 6, 2017
Bill Belichick reacting to a bonehead penalty should be one of the wonders of the world. Just marvelous.
— Scott Anderson (@Natural836) October 6, 2017
An improbable sequence of events led to a near-meltdown by Belichick. That was fun.
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