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fasttwitch

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My favorite football geek talks about the terrible calls lately regarding Mahomes.

 
The other Snake

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He has a good point. All the other rules are that keep the flag in your pocket if you're not sure. It's the other way around on hitting the QB.

I get they want to protect their X millions of dollars QBs but maybe stop playing them that. It seems if you have a contending team, you have a decent back-up at most positions. Even a left tackle goes down, you can plug and shoot. You lose your QB with a 6-1 team and you're not making the playoffs.

Honestly, I watched that game and it was bad. The game moves so fast and you now how to react to the number on a guys jersey? All I can hope for is the Bills are playing the Chiefs and not the Chiefs and the refs.
 
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I am not a fan of the NFL pretty much for this reason. Too many flags. I understand CTE, but these guys know the risks associated with their job and they are compensated more than just about anyone else in the world. Play a few years and take a hike if you are really worried about it.

On the flags favoring Mahomes. I actually seen something on Polymarket today that said Josh Allen gets more favorable roughing calls than Mahomes like a 10 to 7 ratio or something like that and the ref who gives out the most favorable calls for Josh Allen is the ref for the AFC Championship game. Doesn't matter, I still won't watch. For me, the football season ended with the college football national championship. Now it is NCAA Wrestling until MLB starts up.
 
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Last week's game was wild. Im a pats fan and obviously we had some huge calls in our favor but this is more blatant. The league needs Taylor Swift as a part of the superbowl...so they think
 
fasttwitch

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All I can say is let's go Bills

I'm a Bucs fan.. But I'm sick of KC. The Bills fans really deserve a Super Bowl win. Some of the best fans in the league. I've got friends from Buffalo and they are diehard. Win, lose, they follow their team. I respect that.
 
tommyguns2

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I do understand why the NFL wants rules to protect their QBs. If you've got a guy with a $400M contract, you don't want him on the sideline for the rest of the season. (Except for the Browns, for course. Deshaun Watson hurts us less sitting on the bench than out on the field).

However, I'm seeing all these highlight reels with QBs taking off downfield and scoring TDs. That would NOT be happening like that if the defense was permitted to tee off on them just like an RB or WR. You simply can't have it both ways. If you're going to have special rules to protect the QBs, then don't let them take off downfield. Don't know how to implement that. Perhaps you simply state that once you're past the line of scrimmage, you're on your own, and you get what you deserve.
 
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I'm a Bucs fan.. But I'm sick of KC. The Bills fans really deserve a Super Bowl win. Some of the best fans in the league. I've got friends from Buffalo and they are diehard. Win, lose, they follow their team. I respect that.
I agree with you about Buffalo. And I felt the same way about Detroit. Was a real shame to see them lose. I'm hoping they have similar success next season.
 
fasttwitch

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Deshaun Watson hurts us less sitting on the bench than out on the field).
You from the Cleveland area, Tommy? Just curious.. I was born there. My family has deep roots there.
 
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You from the Cleveland area, Tommy? Just curious.. I was born there. My family has deep roots there.
Yep. A great place to raise a family. Reasonable housing prices, good traffic, nice museums and theaters, pro sport teams. Yes, I'm a Browns fan, and no I can't explain to anyone rationally why I still am... LOL

And I happen to like having four distinct seasons. Sure, winter is about 4-6 weeks longer than I'd like it to be, but I don't mind it too much.
 
fasttwitch

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There are about 5 generations of my family with roots there. My cousin still lives there. Close to where Bernie Kosar's old condo was. Or is? My cousin just thought it was cool to tell me that. My family ranges from Sandusky to Mentor but most are still in the Cleveland area.

My dad lived over by Spring Road for 40 years. Spent many summers there. Kind of miss Cleveland. Haven't been there since 2000.
 
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