01-31-2023, 12:54 PM
(01-31-2023, 10:46 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Because Burrow's pass was much more obvious as a grounding. He pegged it into the ground five yards behind the LOS. His arm wasn't even angled forward like he was trying to get it downfield. Mahomes's was, it was an obvious attempt downfield but he had a defender straight into his chest that affected him. Basically, Mahomes was trying to throw the ball down field whereas Joe was intentionally throwing the ball away to avoid a sack. Joe does this often and it is normally no issue because he gets it close enough. That time, he didn't and the contact wasn't severe enough to avoid the flag.
You just confirmed what I said. The officials called the play based on what they thought and not what they saw according to the rule. You're allowed to throw the ball away to avoid a sack if you throw it in the vicinity of a receiver. If your throwing motion is impacted by contact it doesn't even have to be in the vicinity or direction. It's laughable to see Burrow being mauled by two players and not allow that the trajectory of the throw was impacted. If Majomes made the exact same play he wouldn't be called nine times out of ten.
Quote:Off-topic and not directed at you specifically, but the thing I hate the most about the loss is this miserable loser mentality of "the refs screwed us". I am sitting here arguing why a penalty wasn't called on the Chiefs, but not because I like the Chiefs, because I think it was a reasonable call. When Joe did it, I mentioned to my wife "shit that's going to be grounding" and was surprised when a flag wasn't thrown immediately. I don't think this is a controversial call. There are two calls that I really question, and that is Hilton's PI and the block-in-the-back no call on the final punt return. I think both of those were missed.
I never said that officiating cost us the game and I don't believe that. None of those plays was decisive and it's just part of what you have to overcome. We don't have a crystal ball to know what would have happened if those penalties had/hadn't been called. Just a gut feeling of unfairness.
But you're living your life with blinders on if you don't recognize that officiating in the NFL is often impacted by a combination of incompetence (do-over play) and bias created by assumptions and presuppositions. And those factors impact non-preferred teams more often than not.
