Bill Belichick directed his acerbic brand of sarcasm at the Shield.
During the second quarter of Falcons vs. Bucs on Sunday, Atlanta tight end Kyle Pitts had a 49-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown, but he fumbled right by the goal line.
There was no conclusive view of whether Pitts fumbled before or after he crossed the plane of the end zone, so the call on the field stood.
While the Buccaneers had plenty of time to rebound from the controversy, the touchdown getting taken off the board would’ve ultimately been the difference in the game that the Falcons won 31-26.
Monday, Belichick had his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” and took aim at the NFL for not having a sufficient camera setup to adjudicate situations like this.
“I don’t understand why this is such a problem,” Belichick said, as covered by JoeBucsFan.
“A camera could easily be mounted on the sideline just like they have in tennis — on the end lines and the sidelines. Or just build a stand and put it on there. I can’t imagine money is a problem. The NFL has plenty of money. They can have a car wash and raise money if money is a problem.”
Speaking to reporters after the game, Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles said that officials told him that “they didn’t have a clear side view of it.”
Belichick, who won six Super Bowl championships as head coach of the Patriots and two more as defensive coordinator with the Giants, believes this is unacceptable.
“There are cameras that cover the entire stadium — security cameras,” Belichick said. “If you dumped a beer on somebody in row-whatever, there would be a camera that would see that. They’d eject the fan out of the stadium for their behavior.”
McAfee joked that someone should buy about 60 Go-Pro cameras to “donate” to the league to put them in the pylons.
