Troy Aikman Under Fire For Saying NFL Needs To ‘Take The Dresses Off’ Over Roughing The Passer Penalties

ESPN’s Troy Aikman may have gone a bit too far while blasting the NFL over the latest terrible rougher-the-passer penalty controversy.

On Sunday, the Falcons-Bucs game was ruined by a terrible roughing the passer penalty at the end of the game.

Refs called another controversial roughing the passer penalty during Monday night’s Chiefs-Raiders game that saved the Raiders from turning the ball over.

While ripping into the NFL over roughing the passer penalties, Aikman said he hoped the competition committee would “take the dresses off” and change the roughing the passer rule.

Some fans were offended by Aikman’s remarks.

"I hope the competition committee takes a look at this and take the dresses off."

Yeah not a good look guys. Implying that you're a girl if you don't tackle hard? That phrase needs to go back to the 1950s.#MNF

— Rob (@Eamon1916) October 11, 2022

Did Troy aikman just say take the dresses off in reference to soft calls on the qb? #mnf Can you still say stuff like that ?

— Brian Crowley (@crowley4141) October 11, 2022

don’t love aikman saying the players need to “take the dresses off,” just say the call sucks my man

— Trevor J. Mitchell (@TJM613) October 11, 2022