World News – CA – Tom Brady has never been on a team that leads the NFL in penalties until now – The Boston Globe

In 326 career games with the Patriots (including the playoffs), just 17 times the Patriots have racked up more than 100 penalty yards (12-5 record) Conversely, they have played 20 games with 10 or less penalty yards, including five games with zero (most recently the 2018 regular season win over the Chiefs)

But Brady now sees what it’s like to play for a team whose coach doesn’t have meticulous attention to detail The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lead the NFL with 49 flags thrown this year and are second with 410 Penalty yards Twice they’ve passed 100 penalty yards and Brady went ballistic in last Thursday’s loss to the Bears when the Bucs committed five penalties in a single run

Last year, the Patriots were 30th on penalties and 26th on penalty yards, and they were 25th or lower in penalties in eight of the past 10 years (Interestingly, the Patriots had a bad penalty year – 2014, when they finished eighth on penalties and third on yards, but also won the Super Bowl)

Patriots continue to play with discipline and good technique this year As Brady’s Bucs lead the league on penalties, the Patriots have committed the fewest players in the NFL (14), to say the least for yards ( 135) The Rams have the fewest penalties (22), and the Texans are next in yardage (148)

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