MIAMI GARDENS, FL - DECEMBER 15: As Dolphins players, coaches, and fans (except for one New England fan wearing a Brady jersey) celebrate, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (#12) walks off the field after throwing an interception in the end zone at the end of the game, wrapping up Miami's 24-20 victory. The New England Patriots visited the Miami Dolphins in a regular season NFL game at Sun Life Stadium.

Brady turns off flag-filled TNF due to 'ridiculous penalties'

Dan Wilkins
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Boston Globe / Getty

Tom Brady was speaking for the entire football world on Thursday night.

As the first half of a prime-time affair between the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars dragged on, with penalty after penalty slowing play to a crawl, the future Hall of Famer took to Twitter to air his frustrations.

Tennessee and Jacksonville generated 15 flags entering halftime, an average of one every two minutes of action.

Frustrating the audience most on this night, in addition to a controversial roughing the passer call, was the effect of an increased focus on holding penalties.

According to the FOX broadcast, NFL officials made 179 holding calls over the first two weeks of the season, which is 70 more than at that point in 2018.

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