In a perfect world the refs wouldn't even have the opportunity to be controversial. But we don't live in that world. They are human. That call could as easily have been made than not made. I wish that it never came to that. But Philly had every chance to win the game. They got beat soundly in the second half when it counted. They know that, in spite of what any fan might think.
Another SB Rigged and Fixed by the league
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As said in another thread: if the game was steered in favor of KC, why call back their legit fumble recovery TD?
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Make up call? Really, why make that call?
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Because he lost the ball on a hit without taking a single step. Not a fumble in the rules.
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Similar things happened in the Cincy game too.
I try very hard to believe it’s not rigged but….that wasn’t a hold. Not even close. Not to mention that ball was not catchable.
What a way to end the year…
I try very hard to believe it’s not rigged but….that wasn’t a hold. Not even close. Not to mention that ball was not catchable.
What a way to end the year…
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No, you don't have to take another step to have an NFL completion. You can stand right where you are. You have to make a football move, and he did so when he turned his upper body forward—before contact—to begin a run.
It was a catch, fumble, and a TD per the rules.
ETA, he could have taken a knee right there and it would be a catch. You see it all the time as players get two feet down in the endzone on a stretch catch. No second step there.
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All he did after the first 5 yards was have his hand on his back…like most DBs so as they are turning to look at the QB throwing a quick out,
Not a hold. Agree with you!!
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Well, they are going to lose their audience.
I'm a big football fan. But I didn't even watch the SB this year because the Ram's SB loss and the last year's SB all conveniently came down to winning drives extended by imaginary penalties.
It would be naive to expect this one to end differently in a close game. Especially when the Chiefs had an imaginary penalty on in their last game on the last drive to GET them into the SB.
SBs aren't worth investing time in for an outcome that is already being forced.
It's becoming clear it isn't even worth watching the final quarters anymore - because a good game, that is closely fought, will likely be decided by a decision that has little to anything to do with what happens on the field.
Seems weird that just as gambling money came piling into the league - these imaginary penalties in the playoffs keep rearing their heads.
I'm a big football fan. But I didn't even watch the SB this year because the Ram's SB loss and the last year's SB all conveniently came down to winning drives extended by imaginary penalties.
It would be naive to expect this one to end differently in a close game. Especially when the Chiefs had an imaginary penalty on in their last game on the last drive to GET them into the SB.
SBs aren't worth investing time in for an outcome that is already being forced.
It's becoming clear it isn't even worth watching the final quarters anymore - because a good game, that is closely fought, will likely be decided by a decision that has little to anything to do with what happens on the field.
Seems weird that just as gambling money came piling into the league - these imaginary penalties in the playoffs keep rearing their heads.
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All I saw in the second half was a team that couldn't stop KC and Mahomes. TD, TD, TD, FG. Philly gave up 38 points, 24 in the second half. Not to mention the longest punt return in Super Bowl history.
The better team won today.
The better team won today.
The better team in the second half won today.
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Omg not much of KC fan boy are you.
You know what PC says...it's how you finish. LOL
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With the assistance of one horrible call. But yea they had a better second half. But we never got to see the excitement of a game tying FG or winning TD because that was taken away.
I had no dog in this fight whatsoever. If the Eagles had won the game in the exact same way that the Chiefs had won, I'd be feeling the same as I do now.
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Bradbury admitted he did it.
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Eagles' Bradberry admits he pulled Smith-Schuster's jersey, 'was hoping they'd let it ride'
After being on the wrong end of a controversial holding penalty in the final minutes of Super Bowl LVII, Philadelphia Eagles' cornerback James Bradberry admitted to pulling on JuJu Smith-Schuster's jersey postgame to media members.
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Catchable or not catchable is 100% irrelevant. It wasn't called as PI, it was a hold.
Interesting that Bradberry admitted to pulling on the jersey. But I'm of the school of thought that they should call the game consistently (either tacky or letting them play) the whole way through.
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Doesn't stop it from being a bullshit call. That tug, within the 5 yards happened on practically every passing play in the game, but only called when the game was on the line.Bradbury admitted he did it.
Eagles' Bradberry admits he pulled Smith-Schuster's jersey, 'was hoping they'd let it ride'
After being on the wrong end of a controversial holding penalty in the final minutes of Super Bowl LVII, Philadelphia Eagles' cornerback James Bradberry admitted to pulling on JuJu Smith-Schuster's jersey postgame to media members.
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If that was holding Crabtree vs the ravens in the Super Bowl was downright assault. My gosh, that was so ticky tack
