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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Weird bounces and refs.
When you think about it, with the exception of the week 5 loss to LV, the only way teams have stayed in games to even have a shot at beating the Chiefs this season is really down to bad bounces and refs throwing flags for some pretty ticky-tack fouls.
I did a quick mental check, and this season we've had at least 6 TDs taken off the board for phantom penalties or just strange circumstances. Then there was the fumble against BAL inside the 23 yard line that should've resulted in some kind of points, a couple puzzling drops by RBs in or at the EZ, etc.
The offense has been executing at least well enough to put a minimum opf 30 points on the board. If not for some bad passes, drops, odd occurrences, and poor officiating we'd have won every game by double digits.
But these things have been happening with some regularity this season, so I can't discount it at this point.
Plus, I don't think the team is going to come into this game with a ton of urgency/intensity. It's getting late in the season and it's been a grind, in spite of the relative weakness of the schedule. If they sleep-walk long enough, and a enough dumb things happen, MIA is just good enough and just hungry enough to steal a W.
Which is why I think it'll be relatively low-scoring and within a score or so. We'll see a better effort against NOR, and maybe even ATL if the 1 seed is still in play. This weekend, I think the Chiefs are going to try to get out to an early lead and cruise to a win, and just try to keep everyone healthy. Maybe work on the run game if their D is so bad against the run.
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I am not going to get into the discussion of the NFL changing / rigging the outcomes of games, BUT I will say, that I have never seen anything like this before. Gambling is huge right now and all of these points taken off the board against the Chiefs- have huge ripple effects in betting outcomes.
Maybe it is just the Refs- they are biased, stupid and really shitty at their jobs. They have been horrible this year and not just calling Chiefs games.