Every play in the NFL could have a penalty. The top teams seem to get the calls. It is not that the refs help the top teams but rather the weaker teams have to stretch the rules in order to compete. When they do it often enough they get penalized. I know it's ancient history when the Cowboys were a top team, you seem to have forgotten when they were they got all the calls.
I have mentioned this before. Tax and court documents. The NFL is listed as an "entertainment industry". Not a sports league. I have always found this telling.
So why were there bad calls against Philly also? Was that just to throw people off the scent? Lol. Yea the eagles prob got the better of the calls but some of you act like it’s an intentional conspiracy,,,
Lol
Google: missed NFL calls.
I mean in the one case, the ref is literally looking right at the play. Can't hide behind the "can't see all 22 players defense here"................. and it involved the QB, who always has a ref looking at him. So to miss a horse collar and then come up with an intentional grounding call, both non-reviewable too by the way, is pretty funny and certainly can't be chalked up to "too many players to watch"
The roughing call is the NFL today. That gets called almost every time, imo.
Maybe because they have a better OL than most teams, and the best OL coach in the league, they aren't called for holding as much? Better players playing better than weaker players is precisely why teams win. Perhaps your intense focus on one team and "missed calls" is misguided. You could probably make the same argument against every team in the league. Go review film, identify missed penalties in every single game and see where each team stacks up. You think there aren't missed calls in Cowboys game that work in their favor?
At the end of the day, there is no doubt that certain teams just benefit from calls moreso than others. It happens across all sports and typically happens for the better teams in the league. I just think it's a combo of bad officiating and human nature where officials think the better teams don't typically commit penalties compared to the bad teams. I don't think there is a conspiracy here, I don't think the league office has secret meetings where they instruct refs to let team A or team B get away with stuff but then make sure to overcall team C and team D for penalties.
They shouldn't have called the intentional grounding. There was a WR right next to him.
The issue here isn't making the right call. The issue is making the wrong calls. So just because Kelce got called for two penalties (which were in fact penalties) doesn't change the narrative here.
That was not a textbook horse collar tackle.
They should allow coaches to challenge penalties.
Not saying it isn't bad officiating.
To you doesn't matter. By the rule, he spun him using both the front and back of this jersey. That should have been a horse collar. And to then huddle up and then come up with intentional grounding, which apparently wasn't IG as there was a receiver in the area, was just the cherry on top of that sequence of events by that officiating crew.
This is the winning post. It is all about ad revenue and keeping games close. The rules are written by lawyers and allow for interpretation and leeway to control the flow of the game. I don’t think the game is rigged but I do believe the league does shape the flow of the game using the refs. Games would otherwise get out of hand quickly and people would turn off their TVs. The refs do enter games with a game plan.
I am not missing anything. I absolutely acknowledge that all teams, at some point, get calls (or non-calls) that go their way. Even us. But there is no doubt, across most sports, that some teams just seem to get away with more stuff or benefit more from officiating than others. It happens in basketball, hockey, soccer, etc. I don't think it's a conspiracy but I do believe that subconciously some officials let some of the better teams get away with stuff.
Or better teams have better players that don't need to foul as much to achieve the same outcome. In soccer, there are defenders that are just outstanding at timing their tackles to get the ball without fouling, and others that aren't quite as good, leading to fouls, yellow/red cards and PKs. Why can't the same principle apply to Travis Kelce versus other centers in the league, for example?
