We are so used to getting everything against us the fact that the 49ers got more penalties means that.

Even though everything they did was a penalty, Witherspoons idea of playing Corner is to try to rape the WR then bitch when he gets a penalty.
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No, not fixed.

When there are questionable calls certain teams get those calls in their favor more times than not.

Hopefully we will with Mahomes.
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Mahomes will make Elway look like Brodie Croyle.

The regular season win % between the franchises is similar. The difference is a 14 playoff win gap. Mahomes could erase that before he's 30.

People won't be able to shit on KC much longer. They'll need some new material.
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Yep - YOU and YOUR kind. And NOW, that YOUR team SUCKS - YOU AND YOUR KIND must take the "It's Just Football" approach. So, like I said, ENJOY the, "It's Just Football" rationalizations and I'll enjoy the "It's Just Football" being EVERYTHING WE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT COULD BE! because have a potential STAR at QB, now it's OUR TURN to get ALL the FAVORITISM of the NFL that comes with it! :-)
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Um...Big deal - "It's just football." See how that works friend? :-)
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Like your Manning Super Bowl win maybe? You have nothing to brag about, yet you do. Is that the kind of "Demented" you're talking about? :-)
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Yeah...that's fixing the game, and officials do make bad calls, plus the league is legislating tackling out of the game. I'll give you no credit if you act this way. If you want be fans of a championship team then start acting like it.
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It works because I explained it to you. You've taken a big step into a much larger world. congrats.
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The league isn't fixed per se. Certain teams/players just get preferential treatment. It's absurd to deny this.

For example, the Steelers getting away with blatant holding on every play in the '16 playoffs, yet the refs wipe out the game-tying score due to a hold.

The Steelers as usual got away with murder a week ago (along with a phantom penalty to wipe a score off the board), so Mahomes had to throw 6 TDs to ensure the win.

If this week is any indication, the Chiefs are now starting to get favorable treatment. That's bad news for the rest of the league. Of course, they aren't likely to get the calls when facing the Steelers or Patriots, but it may not matter.
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This. Brady still gets it from time to time. The league wants to market and protect it's star QB's, so I guess it's a good thing we may finally have one.

It pissed me off at all the bullshit calls Denver got during the Manningstein years, but after watching the game against the Niners yesterday the NFL agenda really started to sink in.

There were a couple moments that I was like "WTF?!?", 'Did they really just called that on SF?' The officiating was clearly biased towards the Chiefs yesterday and since there is no logical reason for it to be (seeing as it never has been), the ONLY explanation is our new young hotshot QB that's breaking records in his first season starting.

Hopefully he'll stay healthy and be around here for 10-15 years, so we can get some of the bullshit calls thrown our way that Brady and Manning got for years from the NFL.
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Again, what egregious calls were made in the Chiefs favor?
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The DPI in the endzone when SF was matched up with Conley (incidental contact).

The OPI they called on SF when Beathard threw the TD pass that was called back. (bullshit call that shouldn't have been made. We, as fans, would have been pissed if they called it against us on a Mahomes TD pass)


That's just two of the calls that I can think of off the top of my head . . . .
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A fix means the outcome isn't in question.

The Steelers-Chiefs game last week is a perfect example of how it works. Chiefs dominate out of the gate and a defensive score turns it into a 28-0 rout. To avoid losing the TV audience, a phantom holding penalty wipes out the TD. More questionable calls assist the Steelers in getting a tie game. At that point, they call a fair game again and the Chiefs pull away. The outcome of the game remains the same, yet the score is closer than it should have been and the TV audience is secured. Mission accomplished.
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Even if you didn’t like the DPI in the end zone (I didn’t think it was a bad call personally), it made up for the one they missed a few plays before where Sherman interfered with Tyreek.
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Oh bro, I agree there were none that were egregious. However, there were a couple that the refs could have looked the other way on. The 49'er PI in the endzone that set us up a 1st and goal at the 1, (was that ball even catchable?) and the 49'ers TD that was waived off in the 4th qtr. due to OPI, come to mind. (NFL official the crew consulted with in game, said the 49'er TD should not have been called back)

In both cases one can argue that the correct calls were made, as described by the rules. But I've seen many just like them, or worse, that were not called.

The point is, with STAR POWER sometimes calls get made in your favor that otherwise wouldn't. IMO, and others, that happened in KC's favor yesterday. Maybe you didn't see it that way.
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