[KCTitus]

I certainly understand not liking to listen to the whining about bad calls. Surely you remember back in the day NE was very similar to KC and one bad/borderline call was a killer. This KC team is no different than those before it, unable to overcome borderline bad calls. That holding call against Pope was horrible and it was right as KC was driving for the potential to go up 10-0.

I realize that it would probably wind up as another FG, but they had the potential. Whether or not that changes the game chemistry will remain a mystery.

What did it for me, however, was on the subsequent drive, NE runs a screen pass to the near side and the OLman did the same thing to KCs' CB that Pope did against the WR/DB -- grasping inside the frame on the shoulders, the DB couldnt get away to make the tackle and he was struggling right in front of a linesman.

I turned the game off after that -- it appears KC got the message and laid down after that. The final score was actually closer than I had anticipated. I figured 40+ for NE and a doughnut for KC.

In this league the 'good' teams get a benefit of the doubt on close calls where the bad teams are not afforded that luxury. It's a mindset similar to the reason why Oakland is typically the team with the most penalties every year -- they're the bad boys of the league.