Brees criticizes Goodell's late response to NFC title game no-call

Drew Brees wants the New Orleans Saints to move on from the NFC Championship Game controversy, but that doesn't mean the star quarterback is happy with how the NFL handled the fallout from the no-call.

Brees criticized league commissioner Roger Goodell during a Friday appearance on "The Dan Patrick Show" for waiting 10 days to address the missed pass interference penalty that likely robbed the Saints of a Super Bowl berth.

Asked about the non-call by a Saints beat reporter during his end-of-season address Wednesday, Goodell said Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman should have been penalized for running into Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis prior to the pass arriving, but stressed that "our officials are human" and that there are no easy answers for fixing missed calls.

But it appears the response was too little, too late for Brees.

"I think that we all recognize that, being in that position, you are the face of the league. And you have the responsibility to come out and address issues when they come about," he said. "And I would say that on Monday or Tuesday after that game we all deserved a response of some kind."

Brees also touched on the difference between Goodell's handling of the situation and his own.

"I mean, do I really want to be in a position talking about this over and over again? No," he said. "But I have to stand up and do it because I have to represent my team, represent the 'Who Dat' nation, and that's my responsibility.

"So it's the commissioner's responsibility to do the same thing, and yet we don't hear a peep for 10 days. And it's because he has to do it now because he's at the Super Bowl and he does his annual press conference."

Brees and the Saints will be Super Bowl spectators only when the Rams face the New England Patriots on Sunday.

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