Brady downplays inadvertent whistle: 'Referees make mistakes, too'

By Mike Cole

Tom Brady, like everyone else, was confused as an inadvertent whistle stopped everyone in their tracks on “Monday Night Football.”

And while the NFL attempted to explain what the heck happened after the random whistle halted what could have been a huge gain, no one really knows for sure how that could have happened. That included a visually perplexed Brady during the game.

A day later, there still aren’t many answers, but Brady’s downplayed the situation in an interview on WEEI’s “Dennis and Callan Morning Show.”

“I’m not sure how much in the heat of game … the whistle blew and the guys kind of stopped,” Brady told WEEI. “The refs make mistakes, too. They’re not perfect, we’re not perfect too, as players. I know they get a lot of criticism, but they’re a good crew …”

Brady’s biggest issue might have been that the Patriots weren’t able to come away with points on the possession. Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski ended up missing a field goal at the end of the drive.

“It was still a very positive play for us — we gained a lot of yards — we just didn’t do enough when we got down in their territory.”

Of course, winning the game like the Patriots did to move to 10-0 probably makes things a lot easier to take.

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