12-28-2024, 06:11 PM
(12-26-2024, 12:53 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Sorry, but i just can't bring myself to blame refs for anything. They all suck, all the time. It's just a loser mentality to blame games on them because they're not any good, ever, for anyone.
The Chiefs won a bunch of one score games because their QB is smart enough to turn into charlie checkdown with the game on the line and he's able to break the pocket and run for chunks when no one is open. We will see how charlie adapts when his HoF security blanket TE is no longer there.
I agree with what you say here, with one caveat. That is the concern that some refs are not just poor at their NFL job -- but biased.
Being an NFL official is a part-time gig; they all have other jobs: secondary school principals, accountants, lawyers, business owners, etc. They have biases: some have favorite teams, some have friends who are rooting for certain teams, some have friends who have put money on the game, some are weak in the face of ardent fanbases or gesticulating players, etc. They are in no danger of losing their main income if they exhibit bias, because the NFL job is their part-time job. So, fans often have trouble trusting that the decisions that officials make are absent of such biases. And with KC and Pittsburgh being very popular, with ardent fan bases that can even dominate an opposing stadium, it is hard to trust that some of the calls they get are absent of such biases.
The solution would be full-time officials, whose very livelihood depends on getting calls right.
