SNF - Chiefs vs Jets

[stevewin]

13 minutes ago, K-9 said:

I will be super pissed if Josh ever does go into the endzone in that situation. Mahomes made the correct, heads up play.

Some people are acting like he dreamed it up on the spot at the end of the play - the offense was obviously told to do so by the coaches which is the right thing to do in that situation- just what Bills coaches would tell the Bills O to do and Josh would have done the same thing

[Aussie Joe]

1 minute ago, Albany,n.y. said:

Makes me wonder why you watch. If you really think it's rigged, don't watch anymore and leave the viewing to those of us who think conspiracy theories are ridiculous.  

Not only do I watch .. but I bet

my hard earned money ...

I actually think it’s ridiculous that a lot of  people  think the game is rigged ..but I read it here every week …

 

There is incompetence and unconscious bias though from the officials… Same as most sports I watch around the world 
 

 

[K-9]

8 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

I sympathize in a way with Saleh, but wasn’t that a fairly obvious penalty? Gardner was all over him with both hands.

It was fairly obvious, but the issue is the refs literally let more egregious D holding penalties go all night. Then again, refs will usually call a penalty they’ve not been calling all night if the penalty actually contributes to the outcome of the play, like holding penalties that actually make it possible for a run to be successful for example. Perhaps in this case they felt the KC receiver would have had an opportunity to make a play on the ball otherwise. 

[Goin Breakdown]

42 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

Refs are selling this game. Giving it to the chiefs. This is so freekin blatant right now. 

Now that Ive stepped away from the game and look back at what I said here. I'd like to retract a bit. Perhaps "giving them the game" isn't correct. Perhaps blatant isn't the right word either. I will say that I think there are some refs and perhaps a narrative that the NFL likes for specific teams and players. Whether they admit it or not. I have no proof (of course) I just can't see how they don't. 

[RJ (not THAT RJ)]

One doesn't have to believe in conspiracies to know that the good teams get the calls and the bad teams don't. Things occasionally break the other way because of human unpredictability, but the Chefs are not the first good team to get the calls when they need them. They also won't be the last.

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Then again, refs will usually call a penalty they’ve not been calling all night if the penalty actually contributes to the outcome of the play, like holding penalties that actually make it possible for a run to be successful for example. Perhaps in this case they felt the KC receiver would have had an opportunity to make a play on the ball otherwise. 

 

I don't disagree with the general sentiment but there was virtually zero chance of that ball being completed into that particular coverage.

[LABILLBACKER]

17 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

Makes me wonder why we bother watching something so intensely that is clearly rigged… if we stopped watching would it send them a message? 

Who knows?....I know the NFL for years has steared games in certain directions.  It was evident during the Brady era. They'll always be enough fans who choose to ignore obvious favoritism for entertainment. I just hope some level of "fair & equity" happens when Josh & Pat meet up in the playoffs. It was more important for the Chiefs to win tonight than the Jets.  Now if Aaron was still around that would've been a whole new story.

[Simon]

Just now, LABILLBACKER said:

Now if Aaron was still around that would've been a whole new story.

 

Depends on who he's dating at the time.....

[Joe Ferguson forever]

2 minutes ago, RJ (not THAT RJ) said:

One doesn't have to believe in conspiracies to know that the good teams get the calls and the bad teams don't. Things occasionally break the other way because of human unpredictability, but the Chefs are not the first good team to get the calls when they need them. They also won't be the last.

All true.  but it was a shite call.

[BuffaloRebound]

Didn’t these same refs call a safety on the chiefs when the facemask clearly happened outside the end zone?  And that was clear illegal contact by Gardner. If they called it on him every play like the refs should, the game would be unwatchable.  

[pigpen65]

Couple plays before the phantom hold on Gardner. Sure made it look like a fix. https://twitter.com/FootbaIIism/status/1708679966395617564

[Success]

KC is just getting that rep now. They got the plus end of the officiating in the AFCCG, the SB and now tonight.

 

It goes w/ the territory of having the top QB - and we saw it w/ Brady over & over & over again.  Teams that play the Chiefs have to overcome that to win.

 

[Albany,n.y.]

17 minutes ago, 90sBills said:

You think Allen is that dumb? Sliding ends the game. Mahomes did the right thing and I think Allen would’ve done the same. 

When the Jets scored 2 TDs in the final 2 minutes when Cleveland's RB scored with a 6 point lead, increasing the lead to 13 instead of going down and giving the Browns the opportunity to run out the clock, the coaches around the league reminded everyone not to do that.

[Brand J]

1 minute ago, BuffaloRebound said:

Didn’t these same refs call a safety on the chiefs when the facemask clearly happened outside the end zone?  And that was clear illegal contact by Gardner. If they called it on him every play like the refs should, the game would be unwatchable.  

The face mask was grabbed outside the EZ, but wasn’t twisted or pulled until the defender was in the endzone. Terry McCaully actually contradicted himself. He said it shouldn’t have been a safety because it began outside of it, but then defined a facemask as grabbing then twisting the helmet and that occurred in the endzone (which would make it a safety). Collinsworth said something like “so it isn’t a facemask until it’s twisted?” and McCaully said “that’s correct.” So which is it, Terry? A safety or no?

[Dr.Sack]

Mahomes is now getting the TSwift treatment. Never seen someone get more calls since Marcia Brady. Gonna have to beat that curly haired freak on the road twice.

[NickelCity]

7 minutes ago, Success said:

KC is just getting that rep now. They got the plus end of the officiating in the AFCCG, the SB and now tonight.

 

It goes w/ the territory of having the top QB - and we saw it w/ Brady over & over & over again.  Teams that play the Chiefs have to overcome that to win.

 

 

It's nauseating now like it was nauseating then.

[LABILLBACKER]

8 minutes ago, Success said:

KC is just getting that rep now. They got the plus end of the officiating in the AFCCG, the SB and now tonight.

 

It goes w/ the territory of having the top QB - and we saw it w/ Brady over & over & over again.  Teams that play the Chiefs have to overcome that to win.

 

This is 100% true. 

[JDubya76]

Glad I didn’t play this game tonight, choose the wrong alcohol and you might be dead.

[zow2]

The Chiefs have the pedigree.  When sh*t starts to go sideways, they so often right the ship in a nick of time and pull out the W.  Sure some calls or non calls went their way late. they always do for the perceived better team.  The Jets got some nice calls too in that game when they mounted a comeback. This is a good example of how KC pulled out a win in the same building Buffalo failed in similar circumstances 

[SCBills]

There isn’t one team, currently, that comes close to the constant close game ref issues as the Chiefs.  
 

It happens here and there, with a different team one night and maybe another a few weeks later.  
 

It’s just constant with Kansas City.  And most opposing fanbases notice it. …it’s now a running joke on Twitter/X anytime they play a big game.