Roughing The Passer Penalty Strikes Again After Raiders’ Arden Key Gets Penalized For Barely Touching Baker Mayfield

Last week, Packers defensive star Clay Matthews blasted the NFL and said the league was getting soft with the way their calling “roughing the passer” this season.

Obviously I don’t agree wit it again. I understand the spirit of the rule but when you have a hit like that, That’s a football play … Unfortunately the league is going in a direction that a lot of people don’t like. You know I think they’re getting soft, the only thing they do hard is levy fines on guys like me who play the game hard. “I respect the rule, I just think they’re going in the wrong direction with this,

During today’s Raiders-Browns game, football fans were once again up in arms when Arden Key was penalized for barely touching Baker Mayfield.

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Brobible sports editor. Jorge is a Miami native and lifelong Heat fan. He has been covering the NBA, MLB and NFL professionally for almost 10 years, specializing in digital media.