Broncos Country! Let’s Cry!!!

[RunKC]

This is the literal exact move that the current roughing the passer rules have been hammering this year. pic.twitter.com/pXKYljHqgV

— RK (@RyanKoenigsberg) January 1, 2023

This gets worse every time you watch it.

Defender even initiated the contact.

pic.twitter.com/g5kG58VBnK

— RK (@RyanKoenigsberg) January 1, 2023

Apparently lifting up a QB and slamming him to the ground is roughing the passer for any QB except for Russell Wilson.. pic.twitter.com/kUBbYYglKH

— Michael 🇲🇽 (@Bronco_Hater) January 1, 2023

It took the Chiefs getting every call by the Refs, 22 Broncos players on IR and the Broncos having a interim HC to beat the Broncos by 3 😹

Get Sean Payton in here so we can smoke these bums 😹 pic.twitter.com/ohpmiK7Ndq

— Michael 🇲🇽 (@Bronco_Hater) January 1, 2023

So, I guess you can just body slam Russell Wilson?

All about player safety, amirite NFL? #Broncos @1043TheFan

— Cecil Lammey (@CecilLammey) January 1, 2023

Chiefs are better than Broncos.
(Yeah, I know: Well, duh.)
And can't blame the refs for Chiefs being better than Broncos.
(Again: Duh.)
But that iffy offensive pass interference penalty on Courtland Sutton did change entire complexion of this game.

— Mark Kiszla (@markkiszla) January 1, 2023

The NFL is doing everything in their power to ensure the #Chiefs have the 1st seed pic.twitter.com/w6NVguG8eL

— Denver Broncos 365 (@DailyBroncos) January 1, 2023

[RealSNR]

14 straight Donk losses to the Chiefs on the wall
14 straight Donk losses to the Chiefs
You take the bitch QB down and don't get flagged
15 straight Donk losses to the Chiefs on the wall

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

I'll say this....

With the game being on the line, Chris Jones was very lucky he wasn't flagged for that slam.

I'm all for the un-pussification of the NFL, hard hits etc, but with the way refs have been calling RTP this year, a flag there would have given DEN a new set of downs on the KC 40yd line, putting them near FG range.

Not saying Chiefs would have lost but DEN could have easily sent the game into OT, and we'd all be flipping our shit over it. It wouldn't be the first time Jones did something foolish to cost the Chiefs at a critical point near the end of a game.

The refs are very inconsistent with RTP. I have seen hits on QBs (especially Mahomes) that don’t get called and other hits that shouldn’t be RTPs that do get called.

[tmax63]

Originally Posted by O.city

If you want the whole "protect the QB" thing to stand up, you've gotta blow those plays dead when they're in the grasp.

Jones had Wilson wrapped up.

This x1000. The Chiefs had him wrapped up except for his throwing arm below the elbow earlier in the game and Wilson literally threw the ball up in the air and their RB caught it for a short gain that should of been a sack. When the refs don't blow the whistle what's CJ supposed to do, let him throw it incomplete?" They haven't called 10 "intentional grounding" penalties all year even though there's usually 2-3 every game that could have been called.

[Chiefaholic]

[DaFace]

I remember when the Chiefs sucked so bad that we would whine about the refs all the time. When your team sucks, you need all the breaks to go your way to win games. If the Broncos don't want games to be decided by the refs, perhaps they should play well enough that the refs have less of an impact.

(To be fair, we still have plenty of ref whiners around here, but that's a different story.)

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by JustDiqLix

While watching it, I was shocked the flag didn’t come out. Way lesser QB hits have been called.

And at least two "body slams" on Mahomes this year haven't been. **** off.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by tmax63

This x1000. The Chiefs had him wrapped up except for his throwing arm below the elbow earlier in the game and Wilson literally threw the ball up in the air and their RB caught it for a short gain that should of been a sack. When the refs don't blow the whistle what's CJ supposed to do, let him throw it incomplete?" They haven't called 10 "intentional grounding" penalties all year even though there's usually 2-3 every game that could have been called.

The competition committee HAS to look at how Roughing is called again. You can't tell pass rushers to not tackle QBs hard and then let QBs hang in there and throw the ball when they're not taken to the ground.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

14 straight Donk losses to the Chiefs on the wall
14 straight Donk losses to the Chiefs
You take the bitch QB down with no flags around
15 straight Donk losses to the Chiefs on the wall

just trying to help...

I would also accept "Take the bitch QB down; no flags on the ground"

Frankly, I expected better from you, SNR.

[notorious]

What is Jones supposed to do when the refs refuse to blow the whistle?

Literally the drive before Wilson was tied up for a long time when the defender could have smoked him and it allowed him to pass it.

[Eleazar]

It’s the eternal refrain of loser mentality… “it’s all because of the refs…”

Football games are long with many chances to alter the outcome. The final score, the standings, the 15 games in a row streak. That doesn’t happen because of a single BS penalty.

And the penalty on Sutton was BS, but regardless, your team lost because it sucks. Chiefs were totally beatable yesterday. Good teams win ugly games. Bad teams find a way to lose.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by DaFace

The competition committee HAS to look at how Roughing is called again. You can't tell pass rushers to not tackle QBs hard and then let QBs hang in there and throw the ball when they're not taken to the ground.

Exactly this.

If they want defenders to not throw QBs to the ground and not tackle them with their full body weight falling on them, they HAVE to blow the whistle for in the grasp sooner.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by TEX

So much this. They forget about all the years of entitled special treatment they received. Not to mention all the blatant cheating.

When you are used to getting calls go your way, it’s even harder to deal with when those calls stop as you feel entitled to them.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by FlaChief58

How many times have we seen Patrick get slammed like that and not gotten the call. I agree that it should have been called, but unless you're name is Brady, the refs are wildly inconsistent in calling those

The whistle should have been blown well before that, but it wasn't, because the refs were giving Russell a chance...

We could go through the horrible missed DPI before the play before Patty was picked in the endzone, or the ridiculous PI call to extend their drive. We could also show blatant holding by their Oline on critical plays that were allowed. So guess what Donk, **** OFF, 15 straight dipshits...

[notorious]

Originally Posted by DaFace

The competition committee HAS to look at how Roughing is called again. You can't tell pass rushers to not tackle QBs hard and then let QBs hang in there and throw the ball when they're not taken to the ground.

This sounds bad, but the only solution is flags or two hand touch.

Or don’t call anything unless hits are to the head or late. (The correct option).

I’m being dead serious.

[Redbled]

Originally Posted by philfree

And these guys want to ignore the no call PI in the EZ that wasn't called which lead to a redzone INT and it changed the whole complexion of the game. So they can **** right off.

Ball would have been placed on the 1 and we run it in. Cost us 7 points. Well 6 when the kick is bad but still. Officiating was equally poor.