2 4th quarter drives late. Score a TD and win...

[THE PISTONS]

(01-30-2023, 11:34 AM)Nepa Wrote: The big play in one of those series was the call of intentional grounding on Burrow when he threw it at Perine's feet. If you remember correctly, both Burrow and Zac Taylor went ballistic. That was a huge, huge call that should never had happened. When the Chiefs got the ball, Mahomes threw the ball in the middle of nowhere, and no such intentional grounding was called.

In the other series, the Bengals started with poor field position and loss of a time out after the chiefs were gifted a redo on a play that had ended and the punting teams was already on the field. Then with the penalty on the Bengals, the Chiefs gained a first down and field position before they had to punt, and the Bengals had to use a time out.

you can blame the game on the Bengals all you want -- you seem to take some delight in blaming the players and coaches, while praising the Chiefs -- but the reality is the officiating was a huge part of the game. I've never seen the Bengals coaches so animated and angry as they were when the officials let go an obvious push on the back on the punt or Burrow so animated when the referees ignored a very, very  late hit on him, which knocked him to the ground, or Zac so animated on the intentional grounding call on Burrow or the redo or the holding by the Chiefs on the last play. Those were HUGE calls that went against the Bengals.

Go ahead and stick a knife in the Bengals players and coaches, and give the officials a free pass, but they were a huge part of the game. I've never seen so many TV commentators and analysts so critical of the one-sided officiating in that game. The Chiefs got 4 penalties all game and the Bengals, one of the least penalized teams in the league, got 9 penalties?

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/controversial-calls-ending-bengals-chiefs/brdnl2nkju2jj4qg2uv6gen8

Yes. I take joy in blaming the team that's out there for its performance.

2nd and 3. 3rd and 3. Late in the game...they go for deep bombs and punt. All they needed was a long drive for a score that ate the clock. Simple as that.

What if the Mahommes fumble was rigged? No pressure. Ball just slips out. Without that, we're down 14.