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I don't see any of the "steely eyed realists" in this thread conveniently... denying the lily white, virgin NFL could have bias. Ya know, the ones that love to sit Opie down at the kitchen table and tell him how life really is..? "This study speaks volumes..." That's funny Craig, cause all I keep hearing is crickets...

I didn't believe this defense was Super Bowl caliber even before the season... and it looks far worse than I expected. I'm all for trying to be patient with several players out, but I don't know how they fix this run defense. Hell, Tyler Allgeier looked like the Hulk tonight...

Hell, the research is starting to prove it: https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/utep-study-shows-nfl-officiating-favors-kansas-city-chiefs/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNaskZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFoSUtYNVk3N3hLSEpjSlZWAR59avYt3S0NOS9SG4S7EVAgJTCZ9vqtjTJj2gl1Xb5My1Q319xJyR7fHuYnww_aem_EDeM-F79fz3T5Iy8uw6SCg Research done by a team at UTEP presents evidence that the Chiefs have benefited from slanted officiating from 2015 to 2023, a time that coincided with their rise as one of the NFL’s most marketable franchises. Published in the journal Financial Review, the study provides “one of the clearest empirical looks at how financial pressures can influence real-time rule enforcement,” the UTEP research team said. “Our findings suggest that when the league’s financial health is at stake, rule enforcement may subtly shift to protect market appeal,” said Spencer Barnes Ph.D., assistant professor of finance in UTEP’s Woody L. Hunt College of Business and the lead author of the study. “The fact that postseason penalties consistently favored one franchise, while similar dynasties showed no such pattern, points to the powerful role of financial incentives in shaping supposedly neutral decisions.” The study shows that during the playoffs, which the research team identified as the NFL’s most commercially valuable period, penalties against opposing defenses of the Chiefs’ offense were significantly more likely to result in first downs, cover more yardage and fall into subjective categories such as roughing the passer or pass interference.

I don't think you move on from Beane... I'd keep him with the right HC. He's a great GM with a great negotiating strategy and talent evaluation. But McDermott? He should've lost his job years ago. Defensive genius who cannot stop the Andy Reids of the world. Can't take 3 seconds to tell a kicker to squib it... He'll always be outsmarted, unless Allen somehow gets him out of it. He doesn't pull it off this year with the greatest QB of all time, bring in an offensive mind...

I don't see how anyone can look at the "cabal" and argue that the officiating is doing them any good, profit wise.. and let's be honest, we know that's what it's all about in 'Murica. I can argue with whoever about "nudging" for profit, overtime rules, parity, Vegas influence, whatever to a stalemate... You want to tell me there's no incentive to extend games, I tell you follow the money... After last weekend (among many others), the NFL has a massive problem with the refs, at least. Did you watch that BS they call officiating across the league in Week 5..? The technology is at such a point, they could easily fix it.. but won't. They can't even get the new AI ball placement correct. They get more media coverage off the "controversy", so why fix it..? But nah, they don't use it to their advantage... not the lily white National Football League... That's never happened in pro sports... I'm not saying it's "fixed".. far from it... but profit incentive to extend games that shouldn't be..? Yeah, it happens...

I think you misunderstand what I'm saying... and took it to such an exaggerated level... No, it can't be some full blown conspiracy. What I like to call game "nudging" is baked into the NFL rules and game officiating for the sake of parity. The collusion with Vegas, the cheating (which was proven in at least 2 ways with the Patriots) happens, I think.. but has more to do with teams or individuals. However, no one can tell me the NFL is not in bed with Vegas... they advertise it openly now. But there's no influence at all...?

Here's my theory on it... and honestly, I'm a fan like you.. so who knows. Much of what the Patriots were doing was very hard to prove, as one example. But I believe there are certain games (not all, but some) that the NFL "nudges" to keep the game interesting, close, keep the parity, hold and increase the ratings, something to do with Vegas, whatever... particularly with important games, highly rated, playoff implications. I believe the officials are specifically trained, pressured, etc. to do this for the sake of "parity". The Bills were one of the biggest examples of this for years against New England... along with Pittsburgh and others. This is just one example... I don't believe there's some large "conspiracy" on this necessarily, but I do believe these biases and manipulations are baked into the current NFL structure to profit further.

I like how just made up in your head what I supposedly said (from your perspective) out loud... Here's what I'm saying... if anyone believes there's no way illegal activities can happen in pro sports/entertainment (yes, even King NFL), you're kidding yourself...

You know what... How about the officiating bias for Brady and Belichick we got to constantly witness year after year? That's just one example...

Who says all profits (or favors, bribes, kickbacks, whatever) are on the books? Teams never paid players under the table, eh..?

Makes some of us wonder even more about Vegas collusion and officiating, but nobody wants to talk about that..

McVay tree or Belicheat disciple...?

A couple of Allen's melons, eh...?

I'm not going to sit here and say the guy will never win a Super Bowl, because he has Josh Allen... Hell, Chan Gailey could've possibly won a trophy with Allen. Beyond that, he should've been fired years ago for some of his boneheaded decisions in critical games... not even mentioning that his vaunted defensive scheme has looked horrible at times over his tenure.

Oof... that game was all Pack.