Lol, why would it be rigged? The league doesn’t want the same team to continually be in the Super bowl. The structure actively fights against that.
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2018-2019 NFL Season Thread
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I really wanted to see Mahomes in the Superbowl. That would have been an amazing game. Oh Well, the Rams better not blow it.
Overall, good games with a few really bad calls. Cost the Saints the win and almost cost the Pats the win. Chiefs are an excellent team, they had a bad start, came back strong but they were too nervous with not enough experience at the end. When things get so close, it's hard to beat almost 20 years of NFL experience.
Should be an interesting game in two weeks. Again, rams should have this on paper, I think they're the stronger team. But they lack experience. Pats are not the same as a few years ago, they lost too many key players, Gronk is a blocker now, Brady not as good for long passes, but they can make some excellent calls (and some really stupid ones too, that usually cost them games). If the Pats lose, I think it will be due to something stupid resulting in an interception/fumble.
Should be an interesting game in two weeks. Again, rams should have this on paper, I think they're the stronger team. But they lack experience. Pats are not the same as a few years ago, they lost too many key players, Gronk is a blocker now, Brady not as good for long passes, but they can make some excellent calls (and some really stupid ones too, that usually cost them games). If the Pats lose, I think it will be due to something stupid resulting in an interception/fumble.
I disagree but just wait until the Raiders move to Vegas proper then the accusations will really fly.
Seriously?
I mean the league suspended Brady for 4 games for an under inflated football. Would you say that the MLB rigged the yankees during their successful run? Of course not, but in the NFL, who has shown such a distaste for the patriots they're fixing games to put them in the super bowl
That roughing the passer call barely touched Brady, maybe a graze of the shoulder. I hope he is out of concussion protocol in time for the Superbowl.Seriously?
I mean the league suspended Brady for 4 games for an under inflated football. Would you say that the MLB rigged the yankees during their successful run? Of course not, but in the NFL, who has shown such a distaste for the patriots they're fixing games to put them in the super bowl
So you're basing an entire league conspiracy on one call? I understand you hate N.E./Boston teams. That's fine, but to say that league is fixing games is ludicrous. There's been plenty of bad calls on all sides through out the entire season. Sometimes the Patriots benefited, sometimes the opponents benefited. That's just how it goes.
That ruling was BS at best, pure favoritism in the most extreme manner. That was not a call for roughing the passer and such a call shows it. The league is fixed.
On the Saints game, that was cherry on top of it all. Helmet to Helmet and Pass interference all in one and no one saw it? Give me a break. The league wants its money back from LA and is sure doing everything to get a Pats v Rams game.
In my opinion the Chiefs and Saints should hold a game together. It'll very likely pull more views than the SuperBowl.
I will not be watching this Superbowl, it just tells the league it's ok to make such BS calls that aren't even just anymore.
I have to say, the PI call was an absolute joke. I am at a loss though why people are raking Sean Peyton over the coals for passing the ball twice! You have the ball on their 13 with 2:00 left and you only run off 19 seconds and let them keep a timeout??? Run the clock down to a minute and make them burn their timeouts and the Saints probably win the game.
The no-call was egregious, but so was the play calling on the Saints final series in regulation.
The no-call was egregious, but so was the play calling on the Saints final series in regulation.
That was a blown call.. from the ref that was behind the play. However, they allowed the chiefs db’s to be all over the Pats receivers the whole game. They actual called the Pats for offensive PI and let the Chiefs do the exact same thing on a TD play.. Complaining about one call is ridiculous. Did they pay Dee Ford to line up in the neutral zone? If he didn’t do that chiefs win.
A third place game would get a better rating than the Probowl.
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He's probably Belichick's nephew.
If that turns out to be true. I will gladly eat crow.A third place game would get a better rating than the Probowl.
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He's probably Belichick's nephew.
All I can say is this sucks. I don't like either team.
Hate the Patriots, and am apathetic to the Rams. But, I will be rooting for the Rams to win.
Come on Rams! All of America is counting on you. Don’t let us down!
The Rams simply should not be there. If they win the game, it should go down in the record book with an asterisk.
A bad call does not merit an asterisk... The Rams cannot help how the refs call the game. I feel terrible for the saints I really do, but its not like the Rams cheated to get there, they can't help how the game is called as much as the Saints can't...... Recording your opponents practice, now that merits an asterisk.
It isn't the Rams fault that the refs blew the call. The defensive back even admitted to interfering with the Saints receiver.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ngeles-rams-nickell-robey-coleman/2634080002/
Plus the Saints still had chances to win but didn't.