NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION AFC Championship Game discussion Bills @ KC

[oceansizer]

I still can’t get past that 4th down spot.

The ref at the top of the screen who had sight of the ball came in marking the ball past the first down line and the ref at the bottom comes in marking him short with NO VIEW of where the ball is . And they go with the ref who had no view. Its just insane

It is not about only that situation. Every game with KC when there is a controversial situation you know when you can call both sides - everytime refs decide to pick Mahomes and his buddies.

 

[maust]

It is not about only that situation. Every game with KC when there is a controversial situation you know when you can call both sides - everytime refs decide to pick Mahomes and his buddies.

Yep
E-V-E-R-Y time, E-V-E-R-Y debatable call. It's almost as though the officials have a mandate...

 

[sb1]

Best video ever

 

[Sorrynotsorry]

I saw one of those stupid using mathematics and percentage things to tie into a conspiracy theory videos...

Basically it stated how many times TayTay has been to a chiefs game...

And if she is in attendance they win 87percent of the time...

I would never bet on the chiefs to win... because they are a bunch of ****wads.

However I wouldn't bet on them to lose either.

The nfl is now the wwe.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Insane?
I'm leaning towards thinking it was intrinsic to the plan.

Its just insane to me with all the conspiracy theories that have been circling them for years now they continue to tilt the game in kc’s favor. You would think at some point there is a game that is at least called down the middle without all this bs to at least try to distract from the fixed narrative.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Best video ever

These are the type of men it takes to go into arrowhead and walk out victorious. They no longer exist in the league other than Cincinnati who can’t seem to be able to beat anyone else unfortunately lol

 

[maust]

Its just insane to me with all the conspiracy theories that have been circling them for years now they continue to tilt the game in kc’s favor. You would think at some point there is a game that is at least called down the middle without all this bs to at least try to distract from the fixed narrative.

When you weigh the negative impact of that fixed narrative against the positive income of keeping all those Swifties watching, you can certainly see a potential rationale. Seems fairly 'sane' from a business standpoint.

 

[Grogan14]

The refs seem to really like him!

They used to say the same about Brady. Winning spawns jealousy.
Bills could not put on their big boy pants when it really mattered.
If Chiefs win this SB Mahomes is the GOAT for first 8 years of career

 

[Calhoun44]

Its just insane to me with all the conspiracy theories that have been circling them for years now they continue to tilt the game in kc’s favor. You would think at some point there is a game that is at least called down the middle without all this bs to at least try to distract from the fixed narrative.

I thought the controversial calls were as fairly decided as the average NFL game. Simultaneous possession was called correctly according to what I was shown while watching the game and the QB sneak on 4th down was too close to overturn the "call on the field". There also were a couple of calls that went the Bills way, holding by an OL on a big play don't remember which play it was, might have been a crucial conversion that got them close, but I think it was a TD play. There also was a DPI call that I thought was rarely called that KC got called against them. I was pulling for the Bills but wasn't offended by the refs in this game. Last week against Houston, now that game was messed up.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

When you weigh the negative impact of that fixed narrative against the positive income of keeping all those Swifties watching, you can certainly see a potential rationale. Seems fairly 'sane' from a business standpoint.

I get it, it probably would take fans getting together and boycotting but doubt that ever happens.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I thought the controversial calls were as fairly decided as the average NFL game. Simultaneous possession was called correctly according to what I was shown while watching the game and the QB sneak on 4th down was too close to overturn the "call on the field". There also were a couple of calls that went the Bills way, holding by an OL on a big play don't remember which play it was, might have been a crucial conversion that got them close, but I think it was a TD play. There also was a DPI call that I thought was rarely called that KC got called against them. I was pulling for the Bills but wasn't offended by the refs in this game. Last week against Houston, now that game was messed up.

The calls themselves weren’t terrible to me either. But the fact that they went with the ref who allens back was to vs the ref who was on the side where you can actually see the ball is incredibly questionable, at the least

 

[Billsfanonapatsforum]

I think the Bills got out coached at the critical moments and the game plan left them susceptible to exposing their lack of creativity and play design, on defense and offense, and that's more or less what happened. Last week baltimore didn't match up the intensity but this week the Chiefs did and at key moments brought more. When the other team brings more intensity, you have to use that with creative plays to make them pay for it and Buffalo failed at the key moments in doing that. While the obvious answer is execution, it'd help to make the chiefs guess more.

Part of the problem Buffalo, specifically in the playoffs, is banking on "what's worked all year" especially defense, meanwhile the other teams are designing very good plays. I think I counted 4 plays total from Buffalo that were all of these:
well designed, timely, unpredictable, and well executed. where was Buffalos elite defensive play, ah there was none. Reid is better, Spags is better. 2 punts and a turnover doesn't get it done (as usual). Chiefs scored their highest point total of the year last night.

being repetitive, predictable, risk-averse, and relying mostly on out executing the other team is limiting.

i thought this year the bills were hiding a chunk of the playbook based on some comments from allen, didn't see that yesterday.

most bills fans shouldn't be surprised.
all of that lends the game to being decided by officiating.
On paper, the bills had no business being in that game, especially with Elam in there.

Overall, I think they over achieved.
Best of luck to your pats next year, losing sucks.

 

[Sorrynotsorry]

They used to say the same about Brady. Winning spawns jealousy.
Bills could not put on their big boy pants when it really mattered.
If Chiefs win this SB Mahomes is the GOAT for first 8 years of career

I was not a pats fan until close to the end of the dynasty... i couldn't ignore greatness forever.

However as a vols/manning guy(im from tn please don't hate)

I never considered Brady a refs fave...

I watched brady get pummeled compared to the mahomes treatment...(rules were a bit different when brady started vs now)

Just my personal experience.

we will have to watch the superbowl to see if the favoritism is in play.

I'm not betting against the chiefs.

I used to bet against the pats...

Even when I lost... i knew better... but didn't feel like the game was rigged... brady just always pulled a horse shoe out of his ass and made it happen.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

From NFL Memes:

 

[carmelo15]

I remember seeing this and wondering what the hell the ref was doing running in to mark it two yards from the spot

 

[XLIX]

They used to say the same about Brady.

The officiating for Patriots games was never this consistently one sided. KC now has 12 consecutive playoff games where they got more penalties called against the other team - both in number and yardage - than called against them.

I ran the numbers for the Patriots from the playoff runs for SB51, SB52 and SB53.

1 time - same number of penalties but Patriots gained more yardage
2 times - Patriots committed more penalties for more yardage
6 times - other team committed more penalties and yardage

So yeah, the Patriots had more penalties called against the other teams, but it was never anything close to a 12-0 ratio. It was more like 6-2 or 7-2 depending on how we look at the game where number was a tie.

 

[SVN]

Cant get over the 2 2 pt conversion attempts. had they kicked it twice , would be 24-21. Chiefs wouldve kicked an XP too to go up 4 , 28-24 and then eventually its worst case tied at 31. Just simple mistakes. And forgetting james cook is on your team

 

[Delicate Genius]

Buffalo got the first down twice lmao

****ing unbelievable how the official who couldn't see the ball on 4th down is the one who spots it. Allen's back is to him the entire play.

 

[Grogan14]

I remember seeing this and wondering what the hell the ref was doing running in to mark it two yards from the spot

The third down was closer than this makes it look. His body bounced once before he landed here and I think his knee touched the ground right before this. I think the tip of the ball might have made it but need to see the dynamic video.

The 4th down spit was completely wrobg by the refs however

 

[NE_Zealot]

Cant get over the 2 2 pt conversion attempts. had they kicked it twice , would be 24-21. Chiefs wouldve kicked an XP too to go up 4 , 28-24 and then eventually its worst case tied at 31. Just simple mistakes. And forgetting james cook is on your team

I can’t believe they didn’t call a TO on the 4th and 5 at the end. You need your absolute best playcall there and you could see they were going to blitz the hell out of you. Call a timeout and Spags most likely changes the look and you let Brady draw up something better.