GET - SOME - OFFICIALS - IN - THE - BOOTH - LOOKING - AT - VIDEO - MONITORS - TO - MAKE - THE - CALLS - THE - FIELD - REFS - REFUSE - TO - MAKE.
Period. Thuh end. Get it done. Like ---- yesterday.
Today Ju-Ju got clocked by a Jaguars defender, hammered when he was in a totally defenseless position after trying to catch a short Mahomes pass across the middle of the field. He lay there incapacitated for a moment with his hands twitching. A yellow flag lay on the field nearby and we all felt a little better that at least there was the penalty on that hit.
Not. The officials picked it up.
No foul.
Guh???
Ju-Ju was helped off the field and while he did walk back to the locker room he was assisted by two trainers to help him get there.
The officials that should have been in the booth but weren't because the NFL is still too stupid to do such a thing did nothing, because, well, ::glurrp:: they weren't there to do anything. In fact, I do realize that they do have people in New York looking at monitors who are supposed to help with these decisions, so they effectively could be those officials in the booth at the stadium. That might work, buuut, it really doesn't because they did nothing about the Ju-Ju incident. Or they just don't like the Chiefs, which is always very likely.
In the evening game a similar incident happened when a Niners linebacker just tried a simple stop against the Chargers QB, nothing really meriting a targeting consideration, and the QB got something of a head snap when the linebacker's helmet collided with his. The penalty was called on that play, and the linebacker was even ejected from the game.
Guh???
Do you know what the officially documented reason from the head official in the Chiefs game was, as to why they didn't flag the Jaguars defender for his hit on Ju-Ju? Do you know?
It was because he led with his shoulder, not his helmet.
Please.
Please please please please please please infinity.
This is why Roger Goodell and the NFL are a bunch of really ugly nasty words I just don't feel like putting down here, I'm just too tired. It is late on a Sunday night, forgive me.
I would think that a league that does really care about the very real instances of CTE among its former players not to mention losing their prime product because of concussions would make sure that any player who has anything like what happened to Ju-Ju is prevented. And today's game proved they just don't care enough, I'm sorry.
Or again, they just don't like the Chiefs.
Speaking of the game itself, as usual lots could be said about it. The Jaguars actually played exceptionally well, but our defense held the fort with lots of kudos to any number of our defenders. Kelce came through for clutch catches when we needed them most, as usual. Kadarius Toney has already established a firm place for himself in the offense, scoring the first of our four touchdowns today. And our running game got back on track a bit with Isiah Pacheco and Jerick McKinnon getting things done there.
We're up to 7-2 already and running away with the AFC West. All the other teams in the division lost today, with the Chargers up next who tonight played mightily against the Niners but simply couldn't get it done with such a decimated roster.
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The photo of Kadarius Toney skipping to his touchdown today was from Andrew Mather at the official Chiefs site. Thank you.
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