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ThaVirus · 02-08-2021, 08:31 AM

The refs were definitely calling weird shit. The holding call on Ward to nullify the INT and the DPI on Mathieu in the end zone were both absolute horseshit. The personal fouls on Jones and Mathieu were also pretty bad.

But we lost this game due to other reasons. If we had come out there fired up and focused, we'd have overcome those penalties like great teams do. Instead the whole team outside of Mahomes, CEH and Butker choked. The biggest issues were:

1) Offensive line play. It was absolute garbage all night. Like, collectively the worst effort I've seen in quite some time. Every man on that line should be embarrassed. Remmers especially has now been a part of two of the worst OL performances in the Super Bowl in the last 20 years probably. Injuries suck but you just cannot expect to consistently win big games with guys like Remmers, Wylie and Wisniewski starting.

If there were any QB back there besides Mahomes, they'd have taken 8+ sacks last night. It took a Herculean effort for him to only take 2.

2) That debacle right before the end of the 1st half was inexcusable. Calling the first timeout or two wasn't a horrible idea, though, I didn't like it. We'd just had 29:30 to score points and only mustered 6. What did we really expect to do with :30 and maybe 1 timeout? But whatever. The timeouts were called so how did the defense allow that big DPI to Mike Evans? And then the DPI on Mathieu in the end zone (should have been illegal contact at worst)?

We should have been content to go into the half down 14-6. We were getting the ball back. At that point, the game's wide open. Instead, we pulled that little stunt, giving up another 7 points and getting humiliated with another 60 yards of penalties in the process. If we let the Bucs kneel out that half, it's potentially a totally different ball game.

3) The defense didn't show up. Gronk probably went over 100 yards and had 2 TDs, we made Fournette/Ronald Jones look like All-Stars and there wasn't nearly enough pressure on Brady after those first couple drives.

4) The pass catchers dropping balls and not winning 1-on-1s. Two miracle throws from Mahomes hit Hill and Williams right on the facemask right at the goal line and they were both dropped. Kelce had a big 3rd down drop that stalled a crucial drive we needed to stop the bleeding. Hardman was targeted/touched the ball probably 6-7 times and gained maybe like 8 yards total. Watkins was invisible. One of Mahomes' INTs was the direct result of Hill waiting for the ball to come to him, which allowed the DB the opportunity to get his hand in to cause the deflection leading to the INT.

02-08-2021, 08:31 AM	#23
ThaVirus 5 o’clock free crack giveaway Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $-1607631	The refs were definitely calling weird shit. The holding call on Ward to nullify the INT and the DPI on Mathieu in the end zone were both absolute horseshit. The personal fouls on Jones and Mathieu were also pretty bad. But we lost this game due to other reasons. If we had come out there fired up and focused, we'd have overcome those penalties like great teams do. Instead the whole team outside of Mahomes, CEH and Butker choked. The biggest issues were: 1) Offensive line play. It was absolute garbage all night. Like, collectively the worst effort I've seen in quite some time. Every man on that line should be embarrassed. Remmers especially has now been a part of two of the worst OL performances in the Super Bowl in the last 20 years probably. Injuries suck but you just cannot expect to consistently win big games with guys like Remmers, Wylie and Wisniewski starting. If there were any QB back there besides Mahomes, they'd have taken 8+ sacks last night. It took a Herculean effort for him to only take 2. 2) That debacle right before the end of the 1st half was inexcusable. Calling the first timeout or two wasn't a horrible idea, though, I didn't like it. We'd just had 29:30 to score points and only mustered 6. What did we really expect to do with :30 and maybe 1 timeout? But whatever. The timeouts were called so how did the defense allow that big DPI to Mike Evans? And then the DPI on Mathieu in the end zone (should have been illegal contact at worst)? We should have been content to go into the half down 14-6. We were getting the ball back. At that point, the game's wide open. Instead, we pulled that little stunt, giving up another 7 points and getting humiliated with another 60 yards of penalties in the process. If we let the Bucs kneel out that half, it's potentially a totally different ball game. 3) The defense didn't show up. Gronk probably went over 100 yards and had 2 TDs, we made Fournette/Ronald Jones look like All-Stars and there wasn't nearly enough pressure on Brady after those first couple drives. 4) The pass catchers dropping balls and not winning 1-on-1s. Two miracle throws from Mahomes hit Hill and Williams right on the facemask right at the goal line and they were both dropped. Kelce had a big 3rd down drop that stalled a crucial drive we needed to stop the bleeding. Hardman was targeted/touched the ball probably 6-7 times and gained maybe like 8 yards total. Watkins was invisible. One of Mahomes' INTs was the direct result of Hill waiting for the ball to come to him, which allowed the DB the opportunity to get his hand in to cause the deflection leading to the INT.
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