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Originally Posted by rabblerouser
Wrong - we got hosed because the NFL didn't give a **** if we win or lose.
It was just like the playoff game vs Titans - "Forward Progress" gets called because we're blowing out an opponent on national TV. The Houston game was getting broadcast to 95% of the country, and it was a much-hyped "Mahomes vs Watson, future of the NFL" matchup. They didn't want the Chiefs to blow Houston out of the stadium by the early 2nd quarter in front of the entire country, they needed a close, back and forth kind of game.
Just like the Titans playoff game, they didn't care if we won by 3 or lost by 7, or lost by 1...as long as they had a one score game in the fourth.
The 'rigging' is often not to necessarily favor one team over another, it's just to create drama and intrigue for television viewing audiences. And the Supreme Court ruled that the NFL can "manipulate aspects of its broadcasts" for the viewing audiences...
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This has been my opinion for a long time. It’s not that the NFL wants us to win or lose, it’s that they don’t care one way or another. The only thing they care about is Vegas. Officials will do what they can to influence that.
Now, it can be overcome by simply playing perfect, but just watch most times when a game is on the cusp of a blowout, there is inevitably some sort of questionable call made. My dad constantly makes fun of me for buying into a conspiracy theory but every time I point it out in real time, like the (non) PI debacle on Sunday, he just snickers.