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Brady opted to go with the sugar free vanilla on that last series.

The odd thing about this trainwreck of a last play is that I dont think there was a false start and/or an illegal shift so no flag should have been thrown but the fact that the refs botched the call and threw a flag and possibly whistled the play early? threw off both teams with some players thinking no play and others reacting like there was no issue. I cant help but wonder if the Raiders players (not the sharpest bunch) just assumed no play and didnt go after the fumble and that's what led to the Chiefs recovering. In the end the Raiders just showed why they are a 2-9 team. Looking at the skill set of their players they should be at least a 5 or 6 win team but they find ways to lose and their coaches are boneheads.

Whether he blew the whistle or didnt blow it doesnt matter in the end because I dont think they gurus in the replay booth ever review sound as evidence of a whistle or anything else. What the replay assist should have been looking at is whether a legit play ever happened. A false start or the line not being set or even not having a lineman on the line usually means no play. Which means the fumble and recovery never happened. All this being said it looked like on replay like the LV line was set and everybody in position and there was NO false start. So what was the original call on the flag? And why was it quickly overturned? I didnt see if the receivers moved early but the ref from the side calls a false start. At the end of the officials huddle and call an illegal shift (which also doesnt appear to have happened) but crucially a penalty that allows KC to decline and end the game because they recovered the ball. Of course the players on the field are all confused because some think there was a play and others thought it was blown dead! This guy has an interesting review of it all: https://fansided.com/did-refs-save-chiefs-with-sketchy-late-call-vs-raiders

KC have become the Pats from 10 years ago. They are obviously good team but incredibly lucky. But their main strength, just like the Pats of old is just being patient for the teams they play to just implode with either moronic coaching decisions or shoot themselves in the foot with inexplicably terrible play. Today was an example of the latter.

GB looked a lot tougher than Detroit yesterday. But I think either would be a formidable SB opponent if we get there. The Dolphins looked like they didnt want to be there. So soft in the cold weather games. McDaniel constantly looks like a guy awakened in the middle of the night by a rattlesnake in his sleeping bag and isnt sure how to react as he takes it all in.

Remembering Pat Summerall for his understated delivery as we listen to Brady who never shuts up. I feel like watching this game on mute.

On the bright side Detroit look beatable.

How do you get to a HC job in the NFL and be that f'ing dumb?? absolute imbecile!!

How did those clown officials think that was NOT a TD?

Straight out of 1985!! and slightly Coke bottle esque.

Again a DB with decent coverage but makes no attempt to turn and face the ball= NFL Norm. Whatever happened to old school ball hawking?

I can never understand why in the NFL these middling or unproven talents get offered such huge extensions and in most cases seem to immediately suck. Like dangling a carrot in front of a horse for a while and then giving him a whole bag of carrots with nothing achieved. These GMs seem to learn nothing.

They look like Arnold in Pumping Iron! Almost cartoonish!

Garret is an absolute beast.

If NFL DBs would just turn around on throws they might have a few more INTs.

Everybody seems to be giving the Bills a loss in the Lions game. While that may be the case, we could have a game like the Texans had against them where Goff was really off and threw 5 INTs. Also Milano might be back for that one. As long as doesnt go the way of the Thanksgiving game in 1994 I think we should be in it!

Thanks for posting this. Its fast but you can see it clearly at the end of the run and its much dirtier than the Colts player's hit and a lot more sneaky. The Player is Dru Tranquil?? for the Chiefs and this should be a much heftier fine as Josh has already passed the plain and takes a hard punch to the jaw or face mask in a totally defenseless position. The punch, once again is nowhere the ball! The eye in the sky should have flagged it and Tranquil should have been ejected at the very least. Oh sorry the eye in the sky seems to have no rhyme or reason to its usage.

I know this is just a few times a season thing, but the technology exists for a goal post camera to instantly tell if a Kick is good and it would not even be expensive, yet the NFL once again doesnt seem to care if they get it right. Absolutely no way that those 2 officials can eyeball it from ground level and be sure about a kick that goes that high. I'm glad it didnt cost us in the end.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

Pass hit the ground and plenty of time to correct but of course they dont.

what a miss on that deep ball.

Yes Weve been decent with the vanilla plays. We would be even better if used any trickery (not even gadgets). The Chiefs use misdirection all the time and we never seem to do it at all.

Theres no room in the endzone but somehow Gray is 5 Yards open with the Bills Db flat footed.

Its like the Chiefs know exactly what we are going to do on every offensive play. Brady throwing in no wrinkles at all.

The wisdom used to be not to blitz Mahomes but these blitzes seem to be working well tonight.