How League Officials Influence NFL Games(They Did it AGAIN in Kansas City)

[Ky Fried Redleg]

I haven't watched an entire non-Bengals NFL game in several years. I have become thoroughly convinced that league officials influence games at crucial moments, mostly through non-calls, but also through poor ball placement. Now, whether the league has a rooting interest in certain teams and the reasons why that might be the case, one can only speculate. But reviewing certain key moments in Chiefs' games the past few years certainly adds fuel to this fire. I am not one that is inherently predisposed to conspiracy theories. I think most all of them are hogwash. However, when you see some of this stuff happen over and over and over again, it does begin to make one have a suspicious mind. Many of us are caught in a trap with our suspicious minds. We can't walk out because we love the NFL too much. Well, I've walked out, both me and my suspicious mind.


Here's Jomboy showing how the Bills got screwed in Kansas City yesterday (shocker, I know) by improper ball placement on a key Bills' drive in the fourth quarter. Non-calls are typically the culprit from what I've seen, but I have seen this improper ball placement thing rear it's ugly head again and again. How many found themselves, before the game, kinda expecting some sketchy shenanigans to take place in KC on Sunday ???

Do you agree with my suggestion that league officials attempt to influence games through non-calls at crucial times, as well as improper ball placement on key drives?


Watch a good video breakdown by Jomboy here:


https://youtu.be/fs-L3jODWdE

[Sea Ray]

I haven't watched an entire non-Bengals NFL game in several years. I have become thoroughly convinced that league officials influence games at crucial moments, mostly through non-calls, but also through poor ball placement. Now, whether the league has a rooting interest in certain teams and the reasons why that might be the case, one can only speculate. But reviewing certain key moments in Chiefs' games the past few years certainly adds fuel to this fire. I am not one that is inherently predisposed to conspiracy theories. I think most all of them are hogwash. However, when you see some of this stuff happen over and over and over again, it does begin to make one have a suspicious mind. Many of us are caught in a trap with our suspicious minds. We can't walk out because we love the NFL too much. Well, I've walked out, both me and my suspicious mind.


Here's Jomboy showing how the Bills got screwed in Kansas City yesterday (shocker, I know) by improper ball placement on a key Bills' drive in the fourth quarter. Non-calls are typically the culprit from what I've seen, but I have seen this improper ball placement thing rear it's ugly head again and again. How many found themselves, before the game, kinda expecting some sketchy shenanigans to take place in KC on Sunday ???

Do you agree with my suggestion that league officials attempt to influence games through non-calls at crucial times, as well as improper ball placement on key drives?


Watch a good video breakdown by Jomboy here:


https://youtu.be/fs-L3jODWdE

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[Ky Fried Redleg]

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[LiferJim]

I haven't watched an entire non-Bengals NFL game in several years. I have become thoroughly convinced that league officials influence games at crucial moments, mostly through non-calls, but also through poor ball placement. Now, whether the league has a rooting interest in certain teams and the reasons why that might be the case, one can only speculate. But reviewing certain key moments in Chiefs' games the past few years certainly adds fuel to this fire. I am not one that is inherently predisposed to conspiracy theories. I think most all of them are hogwash. However, when you see some of this stuff happen over and over and over again, it does begin to make one have a suspicious mind. Many of us are caught in a trap with our suspicious minds. We can't walk out because we love the NFL too much. Well, I've walked out, both me and my suspicious mind.


Here's Jomboy showing how the Bills got screwed in Kansas City yesterday (shocker, I know) by improper ball placement on a key Bills' drive in the fourth quarter. Non-calls are typically the culprit from what I've seen, but I have seen this improper ball placement thing rear it's ugly head again and again. How many found themselves, before the game, kinda expecting some sketchy shenanigans to take place in KC on Sunday ???

Do you agree with my suggestion that league officials attempt to influence games through non-calls at crucial times, as well as improper ball placement on key drives?


Watch a good video breakdown by Jomboy here:


https://youtu.be/fs-L3jODWdE

I 100 percent agree with you and it’s so blatantly obvious. I didn’t even watch the game because I knew it would happen. My time is too valuable to spend it watching the favoritism the Chiefs receive over and over. It’s beyond ridiculous and it’s been going on for years!


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[WVRed]

I haven't watched an entire non-Bengals NFL game in several years. I have become thoroughly convinced that league officials influence games at crucial moments, mostly through non-calls, but also through poor ball placement. Now, whether the league has a rooting interest in certain teams and the reasons why that might be the case, one can only speculate. But reviewing certain key moments in Chiefs' games the past few years certainly adds fuel to this fire. I am not one that is inherently predisposed to conspiracy theories. I think most all of them are hogwash. However, when you see some of this stuff happen over and over and over again, it does begin to make one have a suspicious mind. Many of us are caught in a trap with our suspicious minds. We can't walk out because we love the NFL too much. Well, I've walked out, both me and my suspicious mind.


Here's Jomboy showing how the Bills got screwed in Kansas City yesterday (shocker, I know) by improper ball placement on a key Bills' drive in the fourth quarter. Non-calls are typically the culprit from what I've seen, but I have seen this improper ball placement thing rear it's ugly head again and again. How many found themselves, before the game, kinda expecting some sketchy shenanigans to take place in KC on Sunday ???

Do you agree with my suggestion that league officials attempt to influence games through non-calls at crucial times, as well as improper ball placement on key drives?


Watch a good video breakdown by Jomboy here:


https://youtu.be/fs-L3jODWdEI believe great teams play through bad officiating. Can it influence a game? Absolutely, but teams can win in spite of the refs.

That said, the Bills 100% deserved to lose that game and I was pulling for them to win. I don't think McDermott is the coach to get them over the hump and Allen may be this generations Philip Rivers.

The play in question with the QB run was about as old school as you can get and we all know Spagnulo likely had game planned for it. This is where teams need to follow the Eagles lead and take advantage of the tush push while it's still legal.

If Allen had two other O linemen pushing behind him to pick up the first down instead of pulling back and running, does he get the first down? Absolutely. And the momentum stays with Buffalo.

Im not going to say the Eagles win in two weeks but I do think if there is a play involving a tush push in a critical situation it will be highly scrutinized going into the off-season which will give the NFL more attention going into the draft.

If the Chiefs win and Kelce retires and proposes to Taylor Swift during the award ceremony then we can all say it's rigged.

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[bucksfan2]

I believe great teams play through bad officiating. Can it influence a game? Absolutely, but teams can win in spite of the refs.

That said, the Bills 100% deserved to lose that game and I was pulling for them to win. I don't think McDermott is the coach to get them over the hump and Allen may be this generations Philip Rivers.

The play in question with the QB run was about as old school as you can get and we all know Spagnulo likely had game planned for it. This is where teams need to follow the Eagles lead and take advantage of the tush push while it's still legal.

If Allen had two other O linemen pushing behind him to pick up the first down instead of pulling back and running, does he get the first down? Absolutely. And the momentum stays with Buffalo.

Im not going to say the Eagles win in two weeks but I do think if there is a play involving a tush push in a critical situation it will be highly scrutinized going into the off-season which will give the NFL more attention going into the draft.

If the Chiefs win and Kelce retires and proposes to Taylor Swift during the award ceremony then we can all say it's rigged.

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I don't necessarily disagree with good teams playing through bad officiating. But I don't think we are talking about that here. We are talking about teams on a level playing field, so you are basically saying the Bills have to play through the poor officiating while the Chiefs don't?

I guess where I take issue with the NFL is in every game, there are a handful of calls that can swing the game. On every single play in football, you could call a penalty, every single play. When one team continues to get the benefit of the doubt, and I think Shefty tweeted out that the during the Cheifs 8 game win streak in the playoffs, its 10-1 in their favor in terms of roughing the passer and personal fouls. That is a massive advantage for the Chiefs.

But what is frustrating about the 4th down call, is the Bills did their job. They held the Chiefs to a FG, got the ball back with the chance for a game winning drive. Now we can argue over the call, but on 3rd down it looked pretty apparent that the receiver gained the 1st down, only to be spotted short. That should have been reversed prior to the Bills next snap, or at least reviewed. Then on the 4th down play, it was pretty apparent that the official with the best view (not saying it was great) was going to mark the ball a 1st down while the official with a view of Allen's back marked it shot. That as well could have been corrected with replay assist prior to the ball being spotted.

This entire season as the Chiefs continued to pile up win after win in less than emphatic fashion we kept hearing about how the Chiefs just win. With the Bills, it wasn't the greatest play call, but unless you are a Chiefs fan, you pretty much agree that was a 1st down. Just enough to keep the drive alive. Just enough to do what the Chiefs did all season long, but that was taken from the Bills. That was taken from the Bills fans. Maybe Allen throws a pick, or maybe the Bills kick a FG and then the Chiefs go down and win the game with a long range FG. We will never know, because of another officiating call that went the Chiefs way.

Just to add on here, the NFL is in contact with the head official throughout the game. And at the point in the game, every single eye in the NFL was on that Chiefs/Bills game. You are telling me that they couldn't have replay assisted both of those calls before the ball was spotted?

[Ky Fried Redleg]

I don't necessarily disagree with good teams playing through bad officiating. But I don't think we are talking about that here. We are talking about teams on a level playing field, so you are basically saying the Bills have to play through the poor officiating while the Chiefs don't?

I guess where I take issue with the NFL is in every game, there are a handful of calls that can swing the game. On every single play in football, you could call a penalty, every single play. When one team continues to get the benefit of the doubt, and I think Shefty tweeted out that the during the Cheifs 8 game win streak in the playoffs, its 10-1 in their favor in terms of roughing the passer and personal fouls. That is a massive advantage for the Chiefs.

But what is frustrating about the 4th down call, is the Bills did their job. They held the Chiefs to a FG, got the ball back with the chance for a game winning drive. Now we can argue over the call, but on 3rd down it looked pretty apparent that the receiver gained the 1st down, only to be spotted short. That should have been reversed prior to the Bills next snap, or at least reviewed. Then on the 4th down play, it was pretty apparent that the official with the best view (not saying it was great) was going to mark the ball a 1st down while the official with a view of Allen's back marked it shot. That as well could have been corrected with replay assist prior to the ball being spotted.

This entire season as the Chiefs continued to pile up win after win in less than emphatic fashion we kept hearing about how the Chiefs just win. With the Bills, it wasn't the greatest play call, but unless you are a Chiefs fan, you pretty much agree that was a 1st down. Just enough to keep the drive alive. Just enough to do what the Chiefs did all season long, but that was taken from the Bills. That was taken from the Bills fans. Maybe Allen throws a pick, or maybe the Bills kick a FG and then the Chiefs go down and win the game with a long range FG. We will never know, because of another officiating call that went the Chiefs way.

Just to add on here, the NFL is in contact with the head official throughout the game. And at the point in the game, every single eye in the NFL was on that Chiefs/Bills game. You are telling me that they couldn't have replay assisted both of those calls before the ball was spotted?

Sure they could have. But the NFL didn't want them replayed.

[Kingspoint]

It's always been the non-calls. The Steelers were one of the easiest teams to give favor to through non-calls. They could get away with anything Defensively, but their opponents could not.

[WrongVerb]

It's always been the non-calls. The Steelers were one of the easiest teams to give favor to through non-calls. They could get away with anything Defensively, but their opponents could not.

Defense only? I think Antonio Brown just pushed off another defender.

[Kingspoint]

Defense only? I think Antonio Brown just pushed off another defender.

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