Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 17374729)

No, I disagree drastically. Smith took a full run and absolutely DRILLED a stationary player on purpose. They have to protect offensive linemen there.


Again, disagree. Van Noy came running in AFTER the officials began separating players, and head butted Kelce in the helmet.



In all, the officiating crew missed some big things on both ends. You can point to 6 points and a possession off the board for the Chiefs and make a good case the bad holding calls and missed tripping penalty were more impactful than anything that went the Chiefs' way.

Take away either of the holds on Smith and the Chiefs go into halftime up 21-7. Call the trip in the end zone and give KC a safety to go up 19-7 with the ball and about 10 minutes left in the game. At BEST for Baltimore, the Chiefs kill about 2.5 minutes of clock in that spot. But considering KC probably starts with a little better field position (say, the 37 instead of the 25) and only needs about 25-30 yards to get into make-able FG range, it could have been a lot worse.

Originally Posted by Jerm (Post 17374786)

I think it's hilarious he's had to be in person broadcasting our run as he clearly roots against us....and now he'll have to watch and commentate us winning another Lombardi.

Originally Posted by DanT (Post 17374838)

For what it's worth, on today's episode of Schein on Sports, Phil Simms praised Mahomes's ability to manage the game in the second half, calling it deliberate and difficult to do and noting that Mahomes was making sure to burn clock and avoid moderate risk and higher throws because they weren't in the Chiefs interest.
The deal with Mahomes is that everyone knows that he can make whatever throw he needs to make. He's not a traditional game-manager in the way that term is used derisively. Even when he's playing "safe" he is putting pressure on opponents and forcing errors from them.

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni (Post 17374335)

I disagree a bit. It's a whole different gane if Zay doesn't fumble. We had PLENTY of chances to grow a good lead and just kept farting around. Reminded me of the Eagles game but Lamar simply wouldn't accept the gifted win.

Originally Posted by Gary Cooper (Post 17374712)

Chris Jones was tripped in the end zone when the Ravens were on their own 1-yard line. Pretty blatant. I believe it was their last drive. Should have been called a safety.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17374890)

I was worried when I saw Bwillie post that he would agree with me.

Nope - had to make sure he got in here to say something stupid again.

Fantastic - bwillie disagreeing with me tells me I'm on the right track.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 17374921)

I was yelling for that to be a safety. It was really, really obvious.

But here's a twist. As of 2023, that's a personal foul. Is a personal foul in the end zone a safety? I'm not sure.

Also, I think it was clearly a leg whip and not a trip. The running back threw his leg up, per this clip: https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comment..._on_this_play/

Now, it seems like the rules don't really distinguish between a trip and a leg whip. I thought there used to be a difference. But regardless of that, as a result of #43's intentional leg whip, Chris Jones was injured, but by the grace of the benevolent football gods it was not serious and he was able to come back into the game. But per the rules, if the leg whip was done with the intent to injure a player, the offender can be ejected from the game. That skanky pile of feces with the #43 jersey clearly could have attempted to block Chris, but he instead elected to throw his leg into Chris's knee/thigh. He should have been ejected, and he should face a fine this week as well. Dirty cheater.

Originally Posted by petegz28 (Post 17374778)

Romo also said we made a mistake deferring the kickoff...

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17374884)

Yeah it was not a great gameplan. The game manager part is coming from the sidelines not form Pat. Sure Pat executes it but we were quite fortunate Flowers fumbles on the goal line. There is no doubt in my mind that if we played as aggressive in the first half we score 2 TD in second half. It isnt about the amount of the points its about putting the game away so that if something flukey or unlucky does happen you still win the game. They better be ready to score against SF.

Originally Posted by irafreak (Post 17374946)

We had to be aggressive to get that lead. The plan was to put the pressure on Baltimore and watch them crumble. It worked.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 17374772)

Lamar choked.

The interception was a choke. The 2 or 3 balls he had guys on that he simply missed the throw on was a choke.

He didn't play at the level he'd played at all season. It's a textbook choke.