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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
I would think so. On his podcast, Kelce said that's why he now engages with physicality so violently, because otherwise officials don't notice (he spoke of this in reference to taking that Titans LB helmet off while he was being held, iirc).
But I think part of the rubs are daring the defenders to do it. If you're going to make contact, you better be willing to go 100% with it. And if the refs throw up their hands and say "incidental contact" despite you getting taken out of the play? You just gave up a TD.
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I just thought it was pretty hilarious how blatant it was. You don't see screens that strong in an NBA game. He just runs right off Kelce's outside hip, squares James up then as soon as Kelce clears him he turns upfield like it was a designed route of some sort.
Hate those damn things, but everyone does them and I'm not sure how you'd regulate them other than, as you said, training defenders to draw them and referees to be strict in enforcing them.
But they don't get much more obvious than that one was.