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[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I think by far the most annoying **** this week has been Mark Schlereth that dude is literally crying all over Fox sports at every turn.

Former Bronco and a confirmed cheater.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

ESPN is playing to the crowd, appealing to the masses.

I'd expect the crew to do the best job they can and make any and all clear and obvious calls. They don't wanna embarrass themselves any more or less this week than another.

Yeah - this is just mob stuff.

I think the suspension of disbelief required is just remarkable to believe that the NFL is 'rigging' games. I mean set aside any of the data as it relates to Josh Allen's roughing calls. Or the 'my bad' pat that Allen got that would've set the internet ablaze had Mahomes gotten it.

To believe the NFL is rigging these games or that the officials are in some way influence requires two things:

1) That a pack of billionaires who own these teams are simply okay with it happening. Not just taking the loss but taking the MASSIVE risks associated with a rigging scandal. Rigging games would have ZERO benefit to the league and would cost them literally tens of billions, if not HUNDREDS of billions, now that they're in bed with sports gambling. Can you imagine the lawsuits? If it were proven that the league in any way influence games when there were billions on the line in gambling wins/losses every single week.

And the respective sports books who are hurling money at the NFL would also take a kick in the dick so they would pull their sponsorship (more billions) AND sue the league into the hinterlands.

2) It also assumes that the refs even CAN make those sort of bang/bang immediate judgment calls in real time. Good lord, can you imagine how difficult it would be for an official to put his thumb on the scale as the play is happening like that? I guess you could argue that they give it the Jawaan Taylor treatment and just lock onto certain players at critical moments hoping to find a reason the throw a flag, but you never know when 'critical' might be. The penalties against Houston were at pretty benign points of the game (y'know, until Aikman made them a national narrative).

It just makes very little sense.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

The funny thing is, having watched enough of our offense this year, I think there's some cause to NOT be hyper aggressive on offense against us.

This isn't the 2018 Chiefs or even 2022 Chiefs were field position is irrelevant. If you're at the 50 and can bury us at the 10, you'd probably be wise to do so as we're unlikely to grind our way 90 yards down the field for a touchdown.

But we very well COULD get 50. Or get 20 and snag a 'free' field goal off a turnover that isn't technically a turnover (though a 4th down stop for all intents and purposes is a turnover).

I suspect McDermott will be aggressive, yes.

I'm not sure he needs to be or should be.

Even though we haven’t been explosive we again the ability to sustain long drives , he might be aggressive knowing their might not touch the ball again for 10 min .

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yeah - this is just mob stuff.

I think the suspension of disbelief required is just remarkable to believe that the NFL is 'rigging' games. I mean set aside any of the data as it relates to Josh Allen's roughing calls. Or the 'my bad' pat that Allen got that would've set the internet ablaze had Mahomes gotten it.

To believe the NFL is rigging these games or that the officials are in some way influence requires two things:

1) That a pack of billionaires who own these teams are simply okay with it happening. Not just taking the loss but taking the MASSIVE risks associated with a rigging scandal. Rigging games would have ZERO benefit to the league and would cost them literally tens of billions, if not HUNDREDS of billions, now that they're in bed with sports gambling. Can you imagine the lawsuits? If it were proven that the league in any way influence games when there were billions on the line in gambling wins/losses every single week.

And the respective sports books who are hurling money at the NFL would also take a kick in the dick so they would pull their sponsorship (more billions) AND sue the league into the hinterlands.

2) It also assumes that the refs even CAN make those sort of bang/bang immediate judgment calls in real time. Good lord, can you imagine how difficult it would be for an official to put his thumb on the scale as the play is happening like that? I guess you could argue that they give it the Jawaan Taylor treatment and just lock onto certain players at critical moments hoping to find a reason the throw a flag, but you never know when 'critical' might be. The penalties against Houston were at pretty benign points of the game (y'know, until Aikman made them a national narrative).

It just makes very little sense.

It doesn't make any sense. There's a million leaps of logic in believing the NFL is rigged.

But we don't live in an era of logic. We live in an era of validating feelings.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Monticore

Even though we haven’t been explosive we again the ability to sustain long drives , he might be aggressive knowing their might not touch the ball again for 10 min .

Well our 22.6 points/gm says we aren't THAT great at sustaining long drives.

It's what we've been trying to do all season and with marginal success given that we have the baddest man on the planet at QB.

The offense has been fair to middling pretty much across the board. Long drives appears to be what we do best, but we haven't really done ANYTHING particularly well on offense this season.

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I think by far the most annoying **** this week has been Mark Schlereth that dude is literally crying all over Fox sports at every turn.

That Bronco turd is still upset Travis Kelce banged his daughter on some dating show.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Well our 22.6 points/gm says we aren't THAT great at sustaining long drives.

It's what we've been trying to do all season and with marginal success given that we have the baddest man on the planet at QB.

The offense has been fair to middling pretty much across the board. Long drives appears to be what we do best, but we haven't really done ANYTHING particularly well on offense this season.

Again....what is it that's causing this?

Is it the LT spot? The Weapons? The thing we don't speak of?

I'm scratching my damn head.

[brdempsey69]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I think by far the most annoying **** this week has been Mark Schlereth that dude is literally crying all over Fox sports at every turn.

I just say the YouTube video of that hypocrite Schlereth implying "Don’t Discount the Chiefs Because of Officiating".

And this coming from a guy that openly admitted to cheating. He has ZERO credibility.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by staylor26

We've gotten to a point where Warren Sharp's cherry picked bullshit was actually a graphic on ESPN. That's concerning.

This new generation sucks. Everything is victimhood.

These games are becoming about the refs more than the stars. Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are playing each other. It’s THE biggest game of the year. Bigger than the SB.

And yet all we have heard all week is about the refs.

**** Collinsworth
**** Buck
**** Aikman
**** Sharp

**** these assholes.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by O.city

Again....what is it that's causing this?

Is it the LT spot? The Weapons? The thing we don't speak of?

I'm scratching my damn head.

Yup.

Then the question becomes what's causing that. And I truly have no damn idea.

I threw my hands up in that regard some time ago.

Now we only need 2 wins for immortality. All I can do, having not found ANY reliable baseline, is hope that he's locked in for 2 games. There's every reason to believe he can/should be.

Like I said - no more excuses. Just go play well.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Well our 22.6 points/gm says we aren't THAT great at sustaining long drives.

It's what we've been trying to do all season and with marginal success given that we have the baddest man on the planet at QB.

The offense has been fair to middling pretty much across the board. Long drives appears to be what we do best, but we haven't really done ANYTHING particularly well on offense this season.

Finishing the long drives and settling for FG has been the main issue for lack of scoring. We have in TOP most of the year , redzone has been rough

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I think by far the most annoying **** this week has been Mark Schlereth that dude is literally crying all over Fox sports at every turn.

A former Bronco that used to spray his jersey to cheat to try and win a playoff game against the Chiefs (and likely others we didn't know about).

Can't imagine why he's buying in lock, stock and barrel to Chiefs ref conspiracy.

Regardless of what anyone believes about the NFL and the refs, the Chiefs aren't cheating. They, in fact, have no control over what the refs choose or choose not to call.

You know who cheated? Mark Schlereth and the Broncos. It was caught on a live TV. And then there's the whole violating the salary cap during the Super Bowl years that the NFL fined and docked draft picks for.

Mark Schlereth is a known cheater. The other douche on that Fox Sports morning show, Craig Carlson(?) is a convicted felon. These are the two on Fox that are driving the 'ref conspiracy' shit. The only redeeming thing about that stupid morning show is Danny Parkins.

So FOX Sports is letting a known NFL cheater and a convicted felon drive the narrative at their network and the masses out there are lopping it up like Cousin Eddie at Christmas dinner.

So, in summary, **** Mark Schlereth, **** Craig Carlson and **** Fox Sports.

Rant over.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RunKC

This new generation sucks. Everything is victimhood.

These games are becoming about the refs more than the stars. Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are playing each other. It’s THE biggest game of the year. Bigger than the SB.

And yet all we have heard all week is about the refs.

**** Collinsworth
**** Buck
**** Aikman
**** Sharp

**** these assholes.

I typically like Greg Olsen but he's as bad as any of them when it comes to that. He just won't move on from a play without bitching about it.

Nantz typically doesn't do that sort of thing, but Romo's just lost in space often enough these days that his crew annoys me.

Can Harlan just do all the games? He's just so much better than the rest of these guys.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Some of you guys are gonna call me a nut, I think one of the biggest reasons for our issues is the same problem I even go through as a fan this year - it just feels like the vast majority of these games don't ****ing matter. No emotion behind them, nothing to lose, nothing to gain.

Why is it that they always answer the bell when they've had to and Patrick leads the league this year in game-winning drives? Cause there's something actually at stake, something to gain.

Going for three-peat comes at many costs, one being that there's really nothing great than can come from a regular season game. Even last week's playoff game - we've never lost a divisional and were favored by nearly 10 pts. Yay.

The Chiefs coulda gone 17-0, season would still be a failure if they don't pull off the three-peat. That's top of mind.

Sunday, my theory is tested.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yup.

Then the question becomes what's causing that. And I truly have no damn idea.

I threw my hands up in that regard some time ago.

Now we only need 2 wins for immortality. All I can do, having not found ANY reliable baseline, is hope that he's locked in for 2 games. There's every reason to believe he can/should be.

Like I said - no more excuses. Just go play well.

It just makes no sense to me. I know these things happen to golf guys when they start having families and stuff but....is it just a focus thing?