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Originally Posted by cmh6476
are you a conspiracy theorist?
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I'm just saying...teams with new stadiums tend to get a lot of strange things that happen in their favor that season. I've pointed it out for years...
I'm sure the NFL was happy that both teams, with a new $6 billion stadium in a massive market, won on opening weekend.
I was watching to see if anything odd happened yesterday...and it did.
You can draw your own conclusions...
Raiders, who also have a new stadium, won on a last minute questionable decision....
from ESPN
"Trailing 34-30, Panthers new offensive coordinator Joe Brady called a handoff to fullback Alex Armah -- instead of All-Pro Christian McCaffrey -- on fourth-and-inches at midfield, He was stopped at the line with 1:11 left. McCaffrey racked up 134 yards from scrimmage and scored two touchdowns.
Rhule took blame for the call of the game"