An apparent emphasis by NFL officials to protect the quarterback has resulted in questionable roughing-the-passer penalties as of late, and former Cincinnati Bengals great Boomer Esiason was among those reacting via Twitter Monday night to the latest one: a call against the Kansas City Chiefs' Chris Jones as he sacked Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and wrestled the ball away for a fumble recovery during the second quarter of "Monday Night Football" on ESPN.
ESPN color analyst Troy Aikman made a controversial remark on the air after the play.
"My hope is the competition committee looks at this in the next set of meetings, and we take the dresses off," Aikman said during the broadcast.
"I just think we've gone too far," Aikman added on "SportsCenter" after the game.
After the game, Jones told reporters he thinks roughing-the-passer calls should be able to be reviewed by officials, and he pointed out that a roughing-the-passer call on Sunday against the Falcons' Grady Jarrett on a third-down sack of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady cost Atlanta.
Social media reactions from Esiason and others:
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