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Shocker.  Im not one to blame the refs for a loss or win, but this was overwhelming.  Its not like it was one game or one referee crew.

 

its in the past so moving onto this year.  At least Allen has his mvp so maybe we get a few breaks as well.  I like many just want a fair game for both sides.  No making excuses either way.

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Chiefs have an elite coaching staff and the most clutch QB in football. 
 

They don’t need the refs’ help. 
 

They get it … but that’s likely more because of gambling than anything else. 

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My perspective is that the officials are in general old men who see what they expect to see, they are not corrupt but simply incompetent. None will give up the job though because they love the pay and the spotlight

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Some of the calls here I don't necessarily disagree with, like the roughing the passer penalties against Mahomes. Also, with a full season to work with, you could persuasively cherry pick evidence of bias helping or hurting any team; unconscious bias is inevitable. Finally, anomalies do happen; getting pocket aced three times in a row doesn't necessarily mean the dealer is cheating. 

 

But I don't see why all this can be true AND that it's also true the refs are deliberately influencing some Chiefs game. In fact, it might be naïve to think otherwise, given the truly enormous amount of money at stake and how easy it would be to pull off.

 

Bottom line (to me): With normal levels of ref bias, the Chiefs would have won maybe 12 games last year, would not have hosted the AFCC, and would not have gone to the Super Bowl. I'm not claiming there's a league-wide conspiracy, but I'm pretty sure someone has been putting a finger on the scale these past few years to make sure the Chiefs succeed. Why they would want a petulant, mincing whiner like Mahomes to be the poster child for the league is another question. 

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