Forward progress was stopped.

[mr. tegu]

What a joke. There are a lot of sack fumbles that need to be reversed.

[TEX]

Was a joke call. Turned out to be the difference in game. Stil, KC had PLENTY of chances to win regardless.

[Coochie liquor]

Yeah forward progress was stopped... while he was still in his drop. Fuck the refs! But as always.... because Chiefs!

[jd1020]

DJ's sack fumble was bullshit, but Zombo's was the right call. That was textbook forward progress.

[RINGLEADER]

As I put in the game thread - if this is the rule then all sack-fumbles that happen when the sack comes head on are no longer fumbles.

We'll get a nice letter from the league on Tuesday.

That FG shouldn't have counted.

[Rain Man]

I've watched football for almost 50 years and I've never heard a forward progress call on a sack. It was called twice today, both on fumbles.

What else is there to say?

[petegz28]

Everyone in the world is scratching their head on this call except a few guys in Vegas...

[Aspengc8]

DJ's sack fumble was bullshit, but Zombo's was the right call. That was textbook forward progress.

This.

[petegz28]

I've watched football for almost 50 years and I've never heard a forward progress call on a sack. It was called twice today, both on fumbles.

What else is there to say?

The 2nd one was a legit call....but the first? Fucking unbelievable

[Eleazar]

I mean... has anyone ever seen that called before? Ever?

It's our own tuck rule and pine tar home run rolled into one

[SupDock]

On Reddit people were saying Triplette made the same exact mind-boggling call earlier this year

[NJChiefsFan]

Horrific call. One the NFL won't acknowledge. We still are to blame for the loss.

[Beef Supreme]

That kind of shit just tells me that vegas paid someone to cover the spread.

[rabblerouser]

I've watched football for almost 50 years and I've never heard a forward progress call on a sack. It was called twice today, both on fumbles.

What else is there to say?

The NFL is rigged.

[HemiEd]

What a joke. There are a lot of sack fumbles that need to be reversed.

That is when I knew the fix was in. He had no forward progress, he was hit in the same spot he caught the ball.

[NJChiefsFan]

The NFL is rigged.

You think the NFL wanted the Titans against the Patriots!? No way. Kc was a much more interesting matchup in the national eye.

Refs aren't following an agenda. They just suck.

[TEX]

That is when I knew the fix was in. He had no forward progress, he was hit in the same spot he caught the ball.

Yep. But still, KC had PLENTY of chances to win this game. The loss is on them, not the refs. But they certainly didn't help.

[lcarus]

The holding call on Harris on our last drive was horse shit too. WTF was that? That cost us dearly as well.

[Deberg_1990]

And of course Tripplette and his merry band of bumbling idiots will never have to answer for these mystifying calls.

[Beef Supreme]

The worst part is it got reviewd in ny and that was the call we got. If that wasnt a sack fumble then there is officially no such thing as a sack fumble.

[RINGLEADER]

This pretty much sums it up:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/refs-struggle-as-travis-kelce-ruled-out-after-being-injured-on-controversial-play/

Tripplette should never ref another game...

[dls6501]

Bullshit call. But in fairness, when Kelce was knocked out, he fumbled too. We caught a break there, and ended up scoring a TD on that drive.

[jd1020]

The worst part is it got reviewd in ny and that was the call we got. If that wasnt a sack fumble then there is officially no such thing as a sack fumble.

What are you talking about? There was no turnover. There wasn't a review. He called forward progress, a non-reviewable play.

[tmax63]

You think the NFL wanted the Titans against the Patriots!? No way. Kc was a much more interesting matchup in the national eye.

Refs aren't following an agenda. They just suck.

No, the NFL wants a Pitt-NE matchup and KC was a serious threat to interfering with that. I think Triplett was just making sure that they covered the spread.

[jd1020]

No, the NFL wants a Pitt-NE matchup and KC was a serious threat to interfering with that.

ROFL

Good one.

[HemiEd]

The worst part is it got reviewd in ny and that was the call we got. If that wasnt a sack fumble then there is officially no such thing as a sack fumble.

That was the biggest of three calls that prevented a Chiefs blowout.

After 48 years, I am now going to be a casual fan.

If Mahomes takes the team there, I will say : thats nice

[NJChiefsFan]

No, the NFL wants a Pitt-NE matchup and KC was a serious threat to interfering with that. I think Triplett was just making sure that they covered the spread.

That's quite a stretch. Why not rule the kelce play a fumble if they wanted to fix the game? There refs just suck. Triplett has been lost his entire career.

[TEX]

What are you talking about? There was no turnover. There wasn't a review. He called forward progress, a non-reviewable play.

Nice and tidy how the NFL works like that.

[HemiEd]

ROFL

Good one.

Yep, the tv ratings will be fine with the Patriots, no Chiefs needed. This was a real ratings cliff hanger, money maker. I bet Vegas knocked it out of the park.

Furthermore, in the big long term picture, it will help justify Nationally the Chiefs moving on from Alex.

[TEX]

That's quite a stretch. Why not rule the kelce play a fumble if they wanted to fix the game? There refs just suck. Triplett has been lost his entire career.

That's so true. When I saw he was gonna call the game, I KNEW very bad calls were going to be part of this game.

[suzzer99]

That was the biggest of three calls that prevented a Chiefs blowout.

After 48 years, I am now going to be a casual fan.

If Mahomes takes the team there, I will say : thats nice

I thought I was a casual fan but got sucked into this goddam game for some reason. I wasn't even going to try that hard to watch next week as I was sure we were going to lose.

[butter08]

Am I the only one that thought Mariotta was over the line of scrimmage when he passed the ball to himself?

[tmax63]

The replay of Kelce's hit shows the ball loose but he also pulled it back into his belly by instinct.

[Beef Supreme]

What are you talking about? There was no turnover. There wasn't a review. He called forward progress, a non-reviewable play.

My bad, you are correct. The announcers were talking with their guy in the booth about it, but it wasnt reviewable. Which is also bullshit

[tmax63]

Am I the only one that thought Mariotta was over the line of scrimmage when he passed the ball to himself?

He was. They showed one replay that he was about 1/2 a yard over but then quickly shifted to other non-telling replays.

[suzzer99]

The replay of Kelce's hit shows the ball loose but he also pulled it back into his belly by instinct.

But did he ever really get possession of it again. And hell was it even a catch or was he "in the process of going to the ground" the entire time?

[Beef Supreme]

Am I the only one that thought Mariotta was over the line of scrimmage when he passed the ball to himself?

You thought that because he was.

[Rain Man]

This pretty much sums it up:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/refs-struggle-as-travis-kelce-ruled-out-after-being-injured-on-controversial-play/

Tripplette should never ref another game...

The guy who tweeted this gets it:


Michael David Smith
✔
@MichaelDavSmith
The Titans are gonna need at least half a dozen Jeff Triplette bad calls to go their way to come back in the second half.
Which means the Titans actually have a pretty good chance of coming back in the second half.

[SAUTO]

Yep, the tv ratings will be fine with the Patriots, no Chiefs needed. This was a real ratings cliff hanger, money maker. I bet Vegas knocked it out of the park.

Furthermore, in the big long term picture, it will help justify Nationally the Chiefs moving on from Alex.

They are willing to burn some numbers this year to ensure mahomes next year.


At least I hope

[lcarus]

Triplette is the worst, but it's every crew. The officiating in this league is so fucking shitty that an obvious catch or fumble can be negated and it's just another NFL game. And there are obvious holdings and pass interferences all game with no call but in our most desperate hour they call phantom holding on Demetrius Harris. It's almost like....what's the fucking point of the game when they're almost all determined by these dumb motherfuckers?