Look, are Patrick Mahomes or Andy Reid paying off refs? Probably not. Did all 32 teams sit in a room together and script out the season? Definitely not. But I’m sorry, there’s way too much smoke with this officiating for there to not be a fire.
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And it’s not just a Chiefs thing. Did this happen during the Patriots dynasty? Sure. Do other superstars get preferential treatment when playing less successful teams? Sure. The Chiefs clearly benefit from it the most, though.
The team that all the Swifties support with the quarterback in GOAT conversation going for a threepeat, which means plenty of extra merch sales that leads to the league making a fuckton more money? Well…if the opportunity comes along, why not try and ease things in that direction, right?
That doesn’t mean every ref is 100% compromised and that every call is always going to go the Chiefs way, but you can’t deny the existence of favoritism here. It’s just especially egregious when you have a team significantly worse than their record getting bolstered by that favoritism.
Like, if this was the Chiefs of a few years ago with an electric high flying offense, I can forgive some ticky tack calls here and there, but 9 times out of 10 this year, Chiefs games have just been remarkably boring 🤷♂️
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