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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
I don't know and honestly the "why" doesn't matter to me so much as the reality that it's happening.
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Exactly right. I'm not some grand NFL conspiracy believer and I certainly couldn't tell you what their reasoning was for wanting KC to lose that game. My guess would be they want a Mahomes/Herbert matchup in the first round instead of suckbag Tannehill vs the Bolts. It's actually pretty simple if you think about it. Again, it's not conspiracy. Just follow the money. They also now have Mahomes for 3 playoff games potentially instead of 2, and if you don't think that matters you should ask yourself why almost every single KC game this year was on the national broadcast. He's a ratings machine. The only thing the owners of this league care about is making money. That's really all there is to it.
Whatever their reason was, I'm simply not naive enough to watch a game be completely orchestrated and chalk it up to 'bad calls.' I've seen games like that, too. That's not what this was.