Cordell Volson

[1998braves64]

Holding way before the late hit. 91 was being held. Fuck you nfl.

You missed the blatant block in the back on the point return!

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[oldmantutters]

You missed the blatant block in the back on the point return!

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Which one? I saw at least two on that return.

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[1998braves64]

Which one? I saw at least two on that return.

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The one at about the 35-40 yard line and the guy would have had a much better position to make a tackle on the returner if he hadn't been picking himself up off the turf, and then getting blocked by the two guys that shoved him in the back nearly simultaneously. The other one I saw was meh, Bengals player slowed down and KC guy ran into him a bit.

That late hit out of bounds on Mahomes sort of irked me but as soon as I saw it live they're going to flag that the way those refs were throwing flags on Bengals the whole game. If he'd done it a step sooner maybe not a flag. Mahomes sold that out pretty well.

[scottietohottie]

That late hit out of bounds on Mahomes sort of irked me but as soon as I saw it live they're going to flag that the way those refs were throwing flags on Bengals the whole game. If he'd done it a step sooner maybe not a flag. Mahomes sold that out pretty well.

Besides the fact that the defensive end on the opposite side of the play would have sacked Mahomes if he hadn't been held by 2 linemen. He got through and they held him by the jersey. You could see the jersey being pulled from behind.

Here comes the reffin ain't easy bros post eh. Philly had an incomplete pass called complete and rushed to the line and got another play off. First quarter. Don't tell me that couldn't have changed the game.

[Kevin]

Referees are reptiles who work for both the illuminati and the albanian mafia.

you can always rely on them to do something lizardy when it counts.

[Bisonator98]

Besides the fact that the defensive end on the opposite side of the play would have sacked Mahomes if he hadn't been held by 2 linemen. He got through and they held him by the jersey. You could see the jersey being pulled from behind.

Here comes the reffin ain't easy bros post eh. Philly had an incomplete pass called complete and rushed to the line and got another play off. First quarter. Don't tell me that couldn't have changed the game.

Yeah I thought the officiating was pretty one sided in favor of both home teams. Seemed like the NFL wanted a Philly/KC matchup no matter what they had to do to get it. Must be the Andy Reid or Kelce Bros angle they wanted to sell for the next 2 weeks. Can't imagine how many times we will have to hear about those things.

[Kevin]

i'm going to laugh when the refs find a way to give KC a 6th down in the super bowl and then flag coach seriousanni for being italian

then indy will show up and be like ackshually paragraph 5-2D of the rule book says that's expressly forbidden it was written in 1877 and just hasn't been widely enforced. but RULES ARE RULES BROS

[IndyBison]

Yeah I thought the officiating was pretty one sided in favor of both home teams. Seemed like the NFL wanted a Philly/KC matchup no matter what they had to do to get it. Must be the Andy Reid or Kelce Bros angle they wanted to sell for the next 2 weeks. Can't imagine how many times we will have to hear about those things.

If it was one-sided, why did the officials call a hold against the Chiefs on a TD run that resulted in them only getting a FG. Why did they rule Mahomes short on a run that had to be corrected by replay? I could probably point out 10-15 plays where if the game was fixed, a call could have gone the other way. This is such a ridiculous accusation, I don't know why I'm replying. There is no way the crew or an official could fix a game. You would need to have the players and coaches in on it, too.

I haven't watched the first part of the last Mahomes run again to see this potential hold I keep hearing about. But on that play, let's say a defender in the front side of the run hits Mahomes in bounds, and he fumbles? Then, the "missed" hold had no impact on the game.

You can think the officials are fixing the outcome of the league by directing certain things to happen. But everyone participating would have to be in on it, and that's just not possible. Someone would rat. Even Donaghy wasn't accused of fixing games. He just bet on tendencies, which he definitely shouldn't do. And that's if you believe half of what he said (I don't). Officials are even allowed to walk into a casino during the season. In the off-season, they need to get permission. They also can't play fantasy sports in any league or the NCAA basketball pool. Any of those could result in termination.

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[heffray]

Hey Indy, can officials suck at their job sometimes? Asking for a friend…

[Big Bird]

If it was one-sided, why did the officials call a hold against the Chiefs on a TD run that resulted in them only getting a FG. Why did they rule Mahomes short on a run that had to be corrected by replay? I could probably point out 10-15 plays where if the game was fixed, a call could have gone the other way. This is such a ridiculous accusation, I don't know why I'm replying. There is no way the crew or an official could fix a game. You would need to have the players and coaches in on it, too.

I haven't watched the first part of the last Mahomes run again to see this potential hold I keep hearing about. But on that play, let's say a defender in the front side of the run hits Mahomes in bounds, and he fumbles? Then, the "missed" hold had no impact on the game.

You can think the officials are fixing the outcome of the league by directing certain things to happen. But everyone participating would have to be in on it, and that's just not possible. Someone would rat. Even Donaghy wasn't accused of fixing games. He just bet on tendencies, which he definitely shouldn't do. And that's if you believe half of what he said (I don't). Officials are even allowed to walk into a casino during the season. In the off-season, they need to get permission. They also can't play fantasy sports in any league or the NCAA basketball pool. Any of those could result in termination.

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That was utter non-sense.

The Bengals lost because of a correctly called boneheaded penalty, after they failed to win it with their offense with 2 minutes to go. That being said....

The officials were atrocious and all of the most dubious calls/no calls went in favor of the Chiefs. Maybe they aren't rigging/fixing the game intentionally, but it sure appeared that way. I don't know whether it was their unconscious bias creeping forward, them intentionally benefitting KC, or just incompetence, but something was going on.

The final roughing call was fine (even if Mahomes 100% flopped), but the 3rd quarter was the worst officiated quarter I've seen in a long time, maybe ever. The 3rd down do-over after a minute of real time elapsed and when the Chiefs had already lined up to punt was a crock of shit, and an embarrassment. Same drive, the DPI on Mike Hilton to give the Chiefs a 1st down on a third down incompletion, even drew disagreement from Gene Steratore on the broadcast (who disagrees with officials like twice a year). That was two crucial bad calls in quick succession to extend the Chiefs drive, which forced the Bengals D to be on the field longer and get 3(!!!) legitimate drive ending stops on one drive vs the sure fire, soon to be 3x MVP. That is some utter bullshit. They didn't give up points, but that adds to their defensive fatigue, kept Mahomes warm, and kept the Bengals offense off the field.

As for the final play, I thought it would've been a weak hold call, but Brown was holding all game, and getting away with it. Brown was beaten by speed numerous times and continually resorted to his version of a snatch trap, which was grabbing Hendrickson's left shoulder pad and just holding on as long as possible, yet never got called.

The officials did suck, but the Bengals also failed to execute in all 3 phases with a chance to win. Both are true