| Chiefspants |
07-14-2020 04:08 PM |
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
(Post 15066988)
Who was it that had the shot that definitely got a bit high on Grapes?
That was Niemann's wasn't it?
#Becausechiefs died right then. 100 times out of 100 that was a flag in years past. By the letter of the rulebook it maybe should have been, but that's the way that hit has been taught for decades and he clearly slid up Grape's shoulder.
But that helmet clearly popped and I was dead certain we were boned. When a flag didn't come out, it was like the sun emerging from the clouds after a biblical flood...
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Niemann absolutely had the incidental helmet to helmet and is the only non-call that 49ers fans can legitimately complain about, IMO (but like always, if you're left complaining about the refs, you likely had 10 other opportunities where your players could have won it on the field). Grapes was absolutely dazed after that shot but honestly to the naked eye I didn’t even realize it was a helmet to helmet shot until the replay. You are absolutely right that this play was the death of #becauseChiefs. Because while the Chiefs would be flagged 100% against Manning and Elway, you better believe the refs would have held that one in their pocket when Smith took the same shot.
The General NFL subreddit I follow concluded that this is a flag the refs are simply never going to throw at that juncture in the Super Bowl. Pat definitely took a couple of borderline hits too that likely would have been called in the regular season but no dice in the SB. Most Niners fans I follow no longer blame the refs (instead they rightly blame Shanny + Grapes), the only ones I still see with beef about the no-call are Patriots fans LMAO |
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