We've now made the playoffs again and pretty much have a wrap on the AFC West for the sixth straight time.
But here's the thing about this game. The one play that mattered most was the wild catch Tyreek Hill made in the end zone early in the 2nd quarter. It was amazing. The ball bounced around between Hill and his defender and landed in his clutches right there smack in the middle of the end zone. Touchdown Kansas City. Undeniably, completely, unequivocally, thoroughly a touchdown as astounding a play that it was.
It didn't count.
The refs missed it, Tyreek missed it, Andy missed it, the Chiefs missed it.
The video didn't miss it.
I can't say this any more emphatically. I can't see how everyone in the entire universe of multiverses can't agree and declare the following truth as clearly and boldly and righteously as they can. I've shared this a million times here before but I see it rarely in any other forum where it should be screamed from the rooftops no fewer than a billion times a day until the NFL does what it should do. I'll make it quite obvious here using my specially acquired screenshots from around the web. Maybe this will make a difference.
One more time for as much zealously impassioned emphasis as I can give it:
I simply absolutely ridiculously can't see how this can be any more truthfully veritably stunningly more plainly truthfully truthful.
There is no reason the NFL should not be utterly jettisoning the whole red flag-throwing thing and replacing it with two officials in the booth looking right at video monitors throughout the game and watching everything that's happening so they can -- ahem --
Did you not happen to catch the message posted just above, or is it still too hard to get?
Is anyone paying attention?
What is ironic is that last year's Chiefs team may have benefited tremendously themselves from this absurdity of just-plain-not-getting-the-call-right. And I mean the whole getting-that-first-round-bye-giving-us-a-tremendous-playoff-advantage benefit, really.
Remember the New England game when N'Keal Harry scored a touchdown for the Patriots but the official thought he'd stepped out of bounds? Well, Harry clearly didn't step out of bounds. No touchdown, and that poor call was instrumental in the Chiefs' close win. For some reason having to do with the inane rules related to this coach's challenge thing, Bill Belichick could not challenge the call. Now, I don't think we should have to apologize for Bill Belichick for anything because he's had a whole pride of lion's share of insane luck through his career (to take nothing away from his exceptional coaching abilities), but still.
Get the call right, even if it goes against the Chiefs. It is too easy to see that the simple reason is that tonight, Tyreek Hill made one of the most amazing plays in NFL history and it will be lost to the sad oblivion of plays that never counted.
As for the rest of the game, Mahomes is truly one of the best contortionist the pro football circus can showcase. On one play late he was running to his left, twisted his body into a pretzel and threw a strike to Sammy Watkins for a critical first down. Yet again, just head-shakingly incredible.
I know I'm nitpicking, but I was getting concerned about some of his very low sidearm slings. The big long-armed Denver linemen were batting them down regularly. After a while he did start working to get a bit more separation to get his throws off.
There are concerns too, especially related to our inability to score touchdowns in the red zone, but the main concern for the most serious consideration tonight is one I hope carries over to some real action. The way these games are comprehensively played out, please -- is there just any way it can be made so everyone can be sure that we all just
GET
THE
CALL
RIGHT.
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The photographs are from Andrew Mather at the official Chiefs site. Thank you.
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