Horrible roughing the passer call during Chiefs vs. Raiders has NFL fans fuming -- "Just put flags on QBs", "This is garbage"

Roughing the passer calls in the NFL seem to be becoming more bizarre with each passing day. In Monday night's game that saw the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Las Vegas Raiders (30-29), Derek Carr was sacked by Chris Jones in the second quarter. Somehow, it invited a roughing the passer call.

It was as clean as it could get, with the defender getting to the ball first, stripping it and standing up. The call, however, reversed the fumble and gave the Raiders a first down.

Naturally, NFL Twitter fans were not impressed and made their feelings clear in no uncertain terms.

Roughing the passer calls becoming unfathomable

Ever since Tua Tagovailoa went down with a concussion, the NFL has been under tremendous pressure to ensure that quarterbacks are protected and not unduly harmed. With Tagovailoa's head hitting the turf and his hands moved into a "fencing position", he was removed from the field and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

The NFL's handling of the concussion protocol left a lot to be desired. It failed to remove the player in the previous match after he had staggered to his feet following a late shove, which then perpetuated the injury in the following game.

It seems that the NFL is now overcompensating by calling legitimate tackles for roughing the passer penalties. Just yesterday, there was a call so egregious that it invited conspiracy theories about Tom Brady.

Much like this one, with the exception of the ball not being fumbled, a clean sack was called roughing the passer. It helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers retain the ball and close out the game, instead of the Atlanta Falcons getting it on the back of a great play.

In both cases, there was a material impact on the game. Both times, the defense made great plays and did not end up winning the ball back for their respective teams.

The NFL must urgently attend to this matter as it ruins the spectacle for the fans. As some fans pointed out, there was nothing more the defensive players could have done unless they had refused to tackle at all. Even former NFL coach Sean Payton weighed in.

Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III, whose own career was decimated by injuries, also came out on the side of the defense. If someone like him can say this is a bad call, then the NFL urgently needs to sort this out.

With criticism mounting from all sides, including players, coaches, and fans, one can only now hope that the NFL officiating gets together to sort this out at the earliest.