Brandon Graham is chalking up his penalty during Sunday’s game to a lapse in judgment.
Graham was the subject of one of the more bizarre penalties of the season in their win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, with the Steelers lined up for a field goal, Graham was flagged for delay of game.
The referee didn’t really know how to explain Graham's infraction though, resulting in a pretty funny moment.
The cause of it though was Graham yelling out a fake snap count, which defensive players can’t do. Because of the penalty, the Steelers got the ball on the one and scored a touchdown instead of a field goal, tying the game. Graham took accountability for it in his weekly appearance on “Angelo Cataldi and the Morning Team.”
“I had one of those moments where I just wasn’t even – I don’t know why I did it,” Graham said. “But I flinched and I said hut-hut. If I would’ve just flinched, I never would’ve got called. But I said hut-hut and that’s what got me, you can’t do that to draw them offsides. But they heard me, and so that’s how they got me.
“That’s my fault, I’ll own that. I told coach already that’s my fault. The situation and all that, I would’ve hated for us to lose the game because of me, off something silly that I don’t normally do. We always have conversations on the line and we’re talking stuff to each other, and I kind of flinched. And it was funny, but I shouldn’t have said hut-hut, because I did get them, and they would’ve gotten (flagged), but either way in that situation, it doesn’t matter.
Ultimately, the Eagles won by a pretty wide margin, 35-13, so Graham’s gaffe didn’t impact the game all too much.
He probably won’t be trying that again though when the Eagles travel to Houston to play the Texans on Thursday.
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