New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams is tied for 10th in the NFL in quarterback hits, so it’s probable he’ll get to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers when their teams meet on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

But Week 5 of the NFL’s 2022 season has given Williams something to think about for when he gets there in their Week 6 game.

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The head-scratching and tooth-gnashing on roughing-the-passer went into overdrive on Sunday when Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett got called for the penalty on a seemingly harmless sack of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.

It was not harmless for the Falcons. It came on a third-and-5 snap with 2:56 to play, and with one more third-down conversion, the Bucs ran out the clock on a 21-15 victory.

Then on Monday night, Kansas City Chiefs Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones got flagged for roughing-the-passer on a play during which he appeared to take the football away from Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.

Brady has six more Super Bowl rings than Rodgers, but the Green Bay QB is ahead 4-3 in NFL MVP Awards, and Williams figures Brady and Rodgers are the type of player who gets the benefit of the doubt with NFL officials.

“When I saw those calls, I was like, ‘Oh, man, they making an emphasis on it,’” Williams said on Wednesday, “so going against like a Aaron Rodgers, who’s going to get those calls sometimes like that, you just got to be aware on how you sack the quarterback, how you hit the quarterback, how you try to affect the quarterback in those ways.”

If he gets what he considers a raw-deal penalty, Williams said he will turn to a lesson he learned while developing into an All-American at Alabama.

“I feel like sometimes you got calls like Chris Jones or calls like Grady Jarrett where nothing was happening, but the call was still called,” Williams said. “The big thing that coach (Nick) Saban taught me was: Play the next play. You’re going to hit adversity in games. You’re going to hit things that you feel like was wrong. But it’s a call, and at the end of the day, you got to play the next play and finish the game dominant.”

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While roughing-the-passer penalties are suddenly in the spotlight, officials have made the call at almost half the rate that they did last season. Through five weeks of the 2022 season, there have been 28 roughing-the-passer penalties. Five weeks into 2021, there had been 51.

But another former Alabama All-American defensive lineman, the Washington Commanders’ Jonathan Allen, said what happened in Week 5 was as result of what happened in Week 4 in the NFL.

“I think the league is trying to make a statement,” Allen said on Tuesday. “They’re overreacting to what happened to Tua.”

Two weeks ago, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (also a former Alabama All-American) sustained a concussion in the prime-time game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The frightening scene included the QB’s arms locking into the fencing position associated with the concussed and medical personnel working to get him off the field via a backboard and stretcher.

Cincinnati defensive tackle Josh Tupou did not get called for roughing-the-passer after slinging Tagovailoa to the turf. Instead, the focus fell on a roughing-the-passer hit from four days before that had left the Dolphins quarterback stumbling back to the ground upon getting up.

Tagovailoa left for the locker room, but he didn’t miss an offensive snap for Miami in its 21-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 25, with his instability chalked up to a back injury instead of a concussion. That decision led to a change in the NFL’s concussion protocol.

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It also was no shock to Allen that Tagovailoa got hurt in a Thursday night game, the quarterback’s second contest in a five-game span.

“(The NFL) is a business, so they’re going to do what’s best for their business,” Allen said. “I understand that. We can complain about it all day. It’s not going to change anything.”

Allen will play in the Week 6 Thursday night game, when the Commanders visit the Chicago Bears after losing to the Tennessee Titans 21-17 on Sunday.

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The Alabama Game of the Week is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Pittsburgh Steelers contest on Sunday. Fourteen players from Alabama high schools and colleges are on the teams’ active rosters.

The complete Week 6 schedule (with all times Central and with point spreads from vegasinsider.com):

Thursday

· Washington Commanders at Chicago Bears (pick’em), 7:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday

· San Francisco 49ers (-5.5) at Atlanta Falcons, noon (WBRC, WZDX, WCOV)

· New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns (-2.5), noon

· New York Jets at Green Bay Packers (-7.5), noon

· Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts (-1.5), noon

· Minnesota Vikings (-3.5) at Miami Dolphins, noon

· Cincinnati Bengals (-1.5) at New Orleans Saints, noon (WIAT, WHNT, WKRG, WAKA, WTVY)

· Baltimore Ravens (-5.5) at New York Giants, noon

· Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-8) at Pittsburgh Steelers, noon (WALA, WDFX)

· Carolina Panthers at Los Angeles Rams (-10), 3:05 p.m.

· Arizona Cardinals (-2.5) at Seattle Seahawks, 3:05 p.m.

· Buffalo Bills (-2.5) at Kansas City Chiefs, 3:25 p.m. (WIAT, WHNT, WKRG, WAKA, WTVY)

· Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles (-6), 7:20 p.m. (NBC, Universo)

Monday

· Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers (-5.5), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes)

The Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders and Tennessee Titans have open dates in Week 6.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.