And the Referee Crew for this game is . . .

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Um....he got screwed on that dead ball penalty, right?

Am I wrong there? Because I have NEVER seen a targeting sort of penalty called a dead ball foul and lead to a turnover like that. Is there a precedent for that?

Brady picked a hell of a week to publicly brag about getting favorable officiating before the game.

I think the NFL has been doing more of those dead ball calls. The first one I thought of was Winfield's taunting penalty to Tyreek last year after that 4th down incompletion. Different deal, obviously, since that wasn't targeting from a defender who was reacting to a play in progress, but calling dead ball fouls that way on 4th down does seem to be an emphasis of the NFL lately.