NFL fans complain that the sport is unwatchable because of the Chiefs but just contradicted themselves in the biggest way possible
There has been way too much talk lately about the NFL being rigged. And, of course, it's the Kansas City Chiefs in the conversation again. Let me preface by saying if you really think that the league is rigged for a team in Kansas City, Missouri, and not for a team in a much larger […]
There has been way too much talk lately about the NFL being rigged. And, of course, it's the Kansas City Chiefs in the conversation again. Let me preface by saying if you really think that the league is rigged for a team in Kansas City, Missouri, and not for a team in a much larger market, then it's a you problem.
Yes, I get that they have Taylor Swift on their side and the viewers she has basically brought to the sport, but news flash here — the Chiefs were winning well before she and Travis Kelce got together, and the officiating was bad then, too. Blaming the refs for the Kansas City Chiefs' success is a loser mentality. It's what you say when you can't think of anything else.
Is the officiating bad? Yes. But it's that way in the entire NFL. The Chiefs just play on national TV more than any team, and have the most eyes on them, so the officiating mistakes are magnified much more. Not to mention, the "missed calls" in that game were not as egregious as you think they were. Mahomes was hit in the head and in today's day and age, that's roughing the passer, for any quarterback.
I mean, Tom Brady got a roughing-the-passer call against the Chiefs in the 2018 AFC Championship that was the most non-roughing-the-passer call maybe ever. The second call of the Chiefs-Texans game on Saturday that was in question featured two Texans players leading head-first at Mahomes who was sliding. Did they hit his helmet? No. But from where the ref was standing who called the penalty, it more than looks like they did.
These things happen, the NFL is not rigged, and no, you're not going to stop watching the sport like you say you are.
ESPN's PR account on Instagram posted a tweet regarding the viewership numbers from Saturday's game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. And, the numbers weren't just staggering, they were insane. According to ESPN, that was ESPN's most-watched game ever, meaning any game they have ever broadcasted, whether it's playoffs, regular season, Monday Night Football, you name it — this one was the most watched, with 32.7 million viewers. Not to mention this was a mid-afternoon kickoff game on a Saturday, not even a Sunday.
So, non-chiefs fans claiming they are done watching, you're just contradicting yourself, looking like a giant hypocrite. The more you talk about it and complain, the more it comes off as jealousy that the Chiefs are having the success they are, so much so you can't stop watching them.
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Kansas City Chiefs CB Jaylen Watson took exception.
