Football fans???

[LostArra]

I'll say this then be done.
I can respect greatness, even when it's not my team. Brady/Belichick besides the tuck rule play was greatness, don't have to like any of them or the team, it was greatness.
Mahome/Reid to me is just asterisk after asterisk of questionable calls from the refs that squeak them by game after game, v regular season it on the playoffs.

I like watching football, but the NFL has been losing me. They have a dozen camera angles, instant reply, and can't get it right still, or there isn't a rule that allows reply of that particular scenario, then that can't be reviewed or overturned.

Belichick without Brady has a career losing record. Drew Bledsoe getting badly injured in 2001 was the highlight of Bill's rise to fame

 

[plebe]

I piled on Josh a little too much with my first comment. The fact of the matter is Andy and the Chiefs front office are so damn superior to Mike McDermott and Co. The only reason the Bills were in that game yesterday was because of James Cook. That dude is a beast. Aside from him that Bills team is arguably worse than any of the last few that have played the Chiefs this late in the season. Then you consider the fact the Bills are directly responsible for the Chiefs acquiring Mahomes, Trent McDuffie AND Xavier Worthy with stupid draft blunders you realize how dumb that organization is. The better team won this round and the refs had very little to do with it.

Lol. Did you happen to look at the box score?

 

[KBaird]

Mike McDermott?

Christ, I quit.

Go refs!

 

[DiabeticKripple]

Game after game there is completely questionable calls that always favour the Chiefs.

How can someone not think that the refs are rigged? I dont even watch that much football but every time I watch a Chiefs game its unbelievable how many calls go their way that shouldnt.

 

[william schmaltz]

I checked out after last week’s nonsense, sounds like I didn’t miss anything new yesterday. The NFL has become WWE in the 80s - no one is really sure if it’s legit or scripted.

I picked up discount lift tickets for superbowl Sunday and assumed it would be a slow day with no lift lines because of the game. With these two teams, the place may have the typical weekend crowd after all. Bummer.

In football news, Huskers are in several pre season top 25 lists. Hopefully mini Mahomes can bring the officiating bias to NCAA level and get Big Red to the playoffs next couple of years!

 

[dylanvb]

I stopped watching most forms of major league sports but watched the football games last weekend and the start of yesterdays bills vs chiefs and I don't know much about this new nfl but I know I wont be watching anymore.

That being said If I was a betting man I would put it on the chiefs to win lol.

 

[browning2480]

A lot of sour apples out there

 

[3forks]

Found this map of who America is rooting for in the Super Bowl.

 

[jimh406]

A lot of sour apples out there

Not so much that, but people with decent eyesight.

 

[Kimber7man]

It’s playoff football. How many turnovers did each team have in this years playoffs?
Commanders won the TO battle and beat the Lions
Eagles won the TO battle and beat the Commanders
Chiefs won the TO battle and beat the Bills

Giving the other team the ball and more chances than you to score absolutely cripples you in the playoffs.

 

[mtwarden]

It’s playoff football. How many turnovers did each team have in this years playoffs?
Commanders won the TO battle and beat the Lions
Eagles won the TO battle and beat the Commanders
Chiefs won the TO battle and beat the Bills

Giving the other team the ball and more chances than you to score absolutely cripples you in the playoffs.

Doesn't matter how many turnovers a team has IF they move on. The Chiefs lost the turnover battle to the Bills and guess what?

 

[Kimber7man]

Doesn't matter how many turnovers a team has IF they move on. The Chiefs lost the turnover battle to the Bills and guess what?

Thanks I stand corrected, I wasn’t watching closely and saw Buffalo put the ball on the ground multiple times. But recovered them all. There goes my theory

 

[mtwarden]

I think the theory is valid, win the turnover battle and you're very likely to win games. Bills had the very best turnover record (ball recovered to ball lost) in the NFL which definitely lead to a very good season, but it's just one marker amongst several.

 

[CHSD]

I want to know why the Bills didn't challenge the 3rd down conversion.

 

[mtwarden]

I want to know why the Bills didn't challenge the 3rd down conversion.

which play was that? they challenged a 4th down attempt that sure looks like they made it—to no avail sadly

 

[CHSD]

which play was that? they challenged a 4th down attempt that sure looks like they made it—to no avail sadly

The play right before. I thought it looked like he made it much clearer than the tush push.

 

[mtwarden]

The play right before. I thought it looked like he made it much clearer than the tush push.

Guess I don't remember that one; maybe trying to save challenges/timeouts, maybe convinced they would get it with another attempt??????

 

[jmez]

The Cheifs technically lost the turnover battle. Failed 4th down conversion at mid field by the Bills doesn't go into the box score as a turnover. It is a turnover. Big difference giving it away at midfield vs punting and making them start inside the 10.

 

[KBaird]

I want to know why the Bills didn't challenge the 3rd down conversion.

This goes back to what I was saying about coaching. They didn’t actually “challenge” either play. The fourth down got reviewed because it’s a change of possession and obviously close enough to take a second look. From the main feed it looked like Kincaid may very well have gotten it on the third down. Instead the hero ref that everyone is screaming about having the correct spot on the following play comes in and marks it 6” short! McDermott could’ve challenged, yet they race to the line and run a play everyone on the planet knows is coming, which has already been a coin flip throughout the night. If they challenge that and discuss running a real play while they wait there’s probably no need for a fourth down review and they might go score. We’ll never know.


Bills went 9-20 on 3rd/4th downs. Chiefs were 6-10. One of the unsuccessful Chiefs 3rd’s followed an incorrect false start penalty that should’ve gone on the Bills and made it 3rd and 5 instead of 3rd and 15. Think the Chiefs would’ve converted a 3rd and 5? We won’t talk about that though. Goes against the prevailing theme of the season of course!

 

[KurtR]