Originally Posted by ThyKingdomCome15:
That's a great point. I hope they let them play in the secondary and OL. Lol
It's the Super Bowl. They always allow more hand-fighting/contact in the Super Bowl. No one wants the game slowed down or ruined by constant flying laundry. it's the principle reason I was for the Breeland signing in the first place. he draws a lot of flags in the regular season, but almost never in the playoffs. It's also why I really liked Baker once I saw his highlight reel. The guy plays a great 'sticky' style that Spags loves, and that CBs can get away with in the postseason. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Danguardace:
I think this will come down to the refs and how they officiate the Chiefs Cornerback play.
Agreed. This is a carzy interesting game... The refs have given brady 20 years of favorable calls, Patrick is now the recipient of that treatment, so what does that mean for their super bowl showdown together? Do they officially hand the keys over to the kid, or do they let the goat retire on top? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bob Dole:
So they’re going to cheat.
I'd bet money that they're planning on firing them right before kick-off or something. Maybe also during the fireworks show at the end. Just not for every TD. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Oh I’m sure Remmers has been waiting years for an opportunity to redeem himself in a SB start. I honestly won’t be shocked if he plays outstanding.
Originally Posted by Danguardace:
I think this will come down to the refs and how they officiate the Chiefs Cornerback play.
and this scares me. Brady ALWAYS has the refs on his side. Just let them play football for gods sake! If you are getting sacked, take it like a MAN! [Reply]
Originally Posted by BlackOp:
This BS call was the difference in Mahomes going for his 3rd ring...only Brady, after it being challenged then reviewed, gets this call upheld. The purple arrow is Hogan's underneath hand...you can see the white stripe on his glove.
That is an incomplete pass 99 times out of 100....the only exception is if you are Tom Brady...trailing in the post-season.
Dee Ford's play should never have happened...and the media gets to slobber over how great Brady is. This call epitomizes his career...if he somehow starts to falter in a close game, the NFL bails his ass out.
That was a 3rd and long play late in the 4th quarter....
Still pisses me off...this was only 3 plays after they called a phantom Facemask on Jones.
Classic game in which refs favored Chiefs.. :-)
Chiefs got less penalty yards against them in that game despite their DB's holding more often than Patriots db's. Nice home field advantage there. When the Patriots players held skill position players and they did at times, they were usually called but when Chiefs did it, refs pretty much let them get away with it.
Hogan play was close but looked like a catch to me. The ref analyst Gene Steratore thought it was a play that couldn't be overturned and sort of hinted catch as well even before the folks in New York made their decision. Before thinking Steratore was offering anything but his honest opinion, he also immediately said a different Hogan catch on the field later in the game should be overturned with around 1 minute left in regulation and it was overturned as it should be in favor of the Chiefs. Anyways on first Hogan play, Chiefs defensive back was holding on the play but compared to some of the other holds/getting there early it wasn't as egregious.
When Patriots got physical, they got called for it but Chiefs got away with more stuff at home. For example, Kelce had a catch and them a fumble which was overturned by a Patriots player holding on other side of the field. Yes, Patriots player did hold but Chiefs were getting away with similar holds.
And the Ford offside was egregious. Refs willing to call offsides on Patriots as well like on the FG drive to tie it that was also the correct call before end of the game but Chiefs declined that penalty since there was a big pass play by Mahomes anyways on that one.
And Chiefs got the most consequential non call that either team was able to take direct advantage of. Illegal pick play that freed Sammy Watkins for 38 yards and allowed Chiefs to take the lead one play later with just a little over 2 minutes left.
I do agree with Chiefs fan that the "roughing the passer", against Brady was ticky tack. I would have let that one go but refs may have been signaling message you can't rough up the quarterbacks in this game. The refs were willing to throw the flags when Mahomes got hit as well. One one play, Patriots charged with two penalities....one was downfield for pass interference and I had no issue with that being called except Patriots weren't getting similar calls. The other was supposedly for "going low" according to Romo which I thought was supposed to be below the knee or at least at the knee. Maybe I saw that one incorrectly but I thought Patriots defender hit Mahomes in the middle of the thigh where there is a pad and then just had a light glancing blow/touch below the knee that happens all of the time. Maybe the real reason Mahomes got that call is they thought Patriots defender did more than one step after the throw. If that was the case, vert good call there since it was a fairly hard hit. [Reply]
