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Super Bowl champion head coach Tony Dungy expressed frustration with inconsistent pass interference penalties during Thanksgiving. NFL games.
There were plenty of questionable calls during each of the three games, as there have been throughout the 2025 season. He wrote on social media that the inconsistencies made it seem like NFL officials didn't know what pass interference was.
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Tony Dungy on NBC Sports before the game between the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills at Sophie Stadium on September 8, 2022. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
“When you watch NFL football all day, you just come to the conclusion that our officials don't know what pass interference is,” he wrote on X. “We tried making it auditable a couple of years ago and it didn't help. But these are heinous fines that are not applied consistently at all.”
Dungy explained his point further when one user X wrote in response that his comments were “dissatisfaction with cheap seats.”
“I had a good day watching football. I just think pass interference is called very inconsistently. And sometimes it's 40-yard penalties. That doesn't make it a cheap seat-of-the-seat gripe. It's just a statement of fact based on watching three games where (DBs) and WRs made contact on 40-50 passes. Anyone who watched the games would say the same thing.”
Former NFL coach Tony Dungy watches from the sidelines during the 2025 NFL game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium on October 19, 2025 in Santa Clara, California. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
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NFL officials sparked a debate on social media over calls for interference that also reached the broadcast booth as Tony Romo and Cris Collinsworth were among those who criticized them this year.
Former NFL head coach Jon Gruden said last December that he would like to see the league adopt college football's pass interference penalty rules.
“Honestly, I would make it a college rule because some of these pass interference calls affect the game, just one play there,” Gruden said then on “Forgive my bribe” podcast.
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He also suggested that the decision was too subjective and that a penalty flag should only be thrown if it was clear and obvious.
Fox News' Shantz Martin contributed to this report.
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