Yeah the line was horrendous, but the refs put this game out of reach

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I don't believe the proper term is "rigged" either (although I do think the NFL is up there with soccer as one of the sports that would be easiest to rig if a ref really wanted to). I think it's just blatant bias/favoritism toward certain players and in particular Tom Brady.

It happens in the NBA to a certain extent too. I'm as big a LeBron fan as there is, but it's obvious he gets more calls than anybody in the NBA at this stage of his career. It isn't because the league is rigged (there's no way they're ever letting the Toronto Raptors win a title if that shit is rigged), it's because of who he is and the reputation he has built. The same thing happened to MJ before him.

Brady is going to get the benefit of the calls until he leaves the league due to the reputation/mythology that has been built up around him. You'd just hope it wouldn't be so blatant as Sunday.

Yea the only thing that makes no sense to me is that why would the league at all want to help Tom Brady? I mean most everyone outside of Pats fans are sick and tired of that guy I mean it is to the point where when he play's in the SB the ratings a down a lot. Everyone is sick of that mother ****er. I was in Tampa and even Bucs fans I was around didn't really like the guy, they just happy they got the black magic boy on their team.

I think this one was a "well we think the Chiefs are going to score a lot so we'll start out by trying to even the field by getting flag happy early" and it backfired because we just had no offensive line or apparently a coaching staff.