01-31-2022, 12:36 AM
(01-31-2022, 12:20 AM)Au165 Wrote: 2nd half they started holding more, not even being funny. They realized the refs weren’t going to call it and they started mugging the receivers and it worked. Other thing here, they dropped 8 into coverage and were doubling Hill and Kelce on some big downs forcing Mahomes to hold the ball. They couldn’t do that int he 1st half because they had too many 3rd and shorts but second half the longer 3rd downs made a huge difference.
Funny enough, people laughed at me before the first game when I literally said “cheat, hold as much as you can get away with”.
Absolutely correct on this. I just wasn't sure the Bengals, the least penalized team in the league, who had only four defensive holdings calls all season, could change their stripes.
But at some point it was as if they realized: the refs are just not going to call defensive holding. So, they adjusted and started holding as well. it was really quite an adjustment to the game (ref) conditions.
