Broncos at Chiefs - Week 6 - Record: 5-1

It's late and I have to work early tomorrow (I know, a common prime-time game refrain for this blog), so I'm going to put in one simple take then when I can tomorrow I'll see about adding a bit more.

But for now: two plays, very late in the game, one right after the other.

The second one of those, one of the most amazing sideline-of-the-endzone catches you'll ever see by the Broncos guy. Courtland Sutton made such a leaping, twisting, acrobatic touchdown grab -- keeping both feet in-bounds, with two Chiefs guys draped all over him -- that the officials simply did not know what to call. The Broncos coach had to ask for a replay, and sure enough, the replays showed it was a catch.

Phenomenal work. Well-deserved touchdown for the Broncos.

Thing is...

That touchdown never should have happened. 

Because the play right before it, Chiefs safety Mike Edwards made a perfectly fine hit on Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson just as he threw up an incomplete duck. Thing is, they called roughing the passer. Please. It was at least a 3rd down play, may have even been 4th -- sorry I'm just not sure -- which meant the following play, the touchdown by Sutton, would never have happened.

Whatever the case, the main point with this is that all the silly claims that the refs are favoring the Chiefs are absolute bunk. What I do see or hear about Chiefs things, which isn't much, is often clouded by the reports of so many screeching about officiating favoritism for the Chiefs. Sorry.

It just isn't happening.

And after the ridiculous Mike Edwards call, it is still quite apparent the officiating favoritism can more easily happen against the Chiefs.

To be honest though, I really think the officiating overall this season has been pretty good. When the Chiefs get calls against them they do look fair. When the Chiefs get them in their favor, they do appear that they were correct.

In fact, a positive note! A Broncos player looked to fumble the ball away to the Chiefs early in the game, but no one could tell: Was he down first?

Well guess what.

Officials from somewhere radio'ed down to the officiating crew after a look at the replay. It was clear the ballcarrier was down just before losing the football, and and AND!!!...

They told them about it.

No red flags, no settling for the wrong call, no shrugging that no one could really tell, no any of that.

Just -- glory be...

Getting.

The Call.

Right.

How about that. What a concept!

By the way, postscript, Sutton's TD and the Broncos two-point conversion made the score 16-8 with about six minutes left. I should get to more of what happened tomorrow.

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The photograph is by Andrew Mather at the official Chiefs site. Thank you.

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