Today, the Kansas City Chiefs complete the greatest five-year run in NFL history by winning the third Super Bowl in the Patrick Mahomes era, and the fourth in the franchise's glorious history.
Originally Posted by seamonster:
Patriots ushered this in. Doug Flutey went on record claiming that they were speaking into the QB's headset well after they were supposed too (tipping off the QB on defensive assignments), video tapping, messing with the footballs, jamming communications, "tuck rule".
"“He was amazed that the coaches kept right on speaking to Brady past the 15-second cutoff, right up until the snap,” *according to O’Leary.“The voice in Tom Brady’s helmet was explaining the exact defense he was about to face.”"
That's not rigged or scripted... that's cheating. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
That's not rigged or scripted... that's cheating.
Nobody claimed the league was scripted when the 49ers were hoisting lombarti's. This all started after the Patriot era. They severely weakened the leagues integrity. They tried to bench Brady and fine the organization but it wasn't enough. Now they've got millions of jilted fans convinced that it's the WWE. Bill Cower almost murdered some drunk fool in Baltimore over this. [Reply]
Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
I live in the Tampa area and also have a license plate frame (and just ordered my Back to Back one!) and I periodically check to see if anyone has defaced it or tried to tear it off.
I’ve worried about the same thing a little bit, although Orlando isn’t a NFL town and has a wide mix of fans. My personalized license plate is “MAHOMES” and I’ve worried about someone either taking it or screwing with it. I have yet to take it to a game, but I would probably remove it off my car in the parking lot if/when I do. [Reply]
Originally Posted by seamonster:
Nobody claimed the league was scripted when the 49ers were hoisting lombarti's. This all started after the Patriot era. They severely weakened the leagues integrity. They tried to bench Brady and fine the organization but it wasn't enough. Now they've got millions of jilted fans convinced that it's the WWE. Bill Cower almost murdered some drunk fool in Baltimore over this.
I think the correlation is with social media, not the Patriots.... if a million people spread across the country thought the NFL was rigged in the 70s, how would anyone know unless you happened to be sitting next to someone shouting at clouds at a bar or something?
I don't remember anyone in the early 2000s really talk about the tuck rule game being rigged, but I think at that time most people around here didn't mind since it fucked over the Raiders.
Even today, I've never heard anyone at a game or out and about in the real world really talk about the NFL being rigged unless it's brought up as a topic of discussion (as opposed to a play happening on TV or while sitting at the stadium)... it's all on social media, which pushes it to mainstream media. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
I actually worry about it more than I should... not that it really changes my behavior as I still wear Chiefs stuff, but wonder if it would trigger people enough to run their key across your car in the parking lot as they walk by or bump their door into yours, or other non-car related things.
And then I figure dicks will always find something to be triggered about, so it probably doesn't matter much at the end of the day.
It has definitely been ramping up the past year. I keep my guard up at all times when I'm sporting my Chiefs stuff. Which is a lot. You just never know when that one psycho is gonna appear. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
I actually worry about it more than I should... not that it really changes my behavior as I still wear Chiefs stuff, but wonder if it would trigger people enough to run their key across your car in the parking lot as they walk by or bump their door into yours, or other non-car related things.
And then I figure dicks will always find something to be triggered about, so it probably doesn't matter much at the end of the day.
I've never had a truly nasty incident, just a few dirty looks here and there. Of course, I live in the Chicago area, and we aren't natural rivals with the Bears. I assume it would be completely different if I lived somewhere near Buffalo or Cincinnati. And I'd probably have a pretty short life expectancy in Denver.
A couple of weeks ago I saw an Eagles fan at a restaurant. He glared daggers at me, but didn't say anything. I just smiled. I may have snickered a bit.
Yesterday I was at the grocery store and passed a group of high school age kids in an aisle. Several of them yelled "Chiefs!" and "Mahomes." I smiled and gave them a fist pump in return. Then as they moved to another aisle I heard one of them grumble "Chiefs suck." That was funny. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Spott:
I’ve worried about the same thing a little bit, although Orlando isn’t a NFL town and has a wide mix of fans. My personalized license plate is “MAHOMES” and I’ve worried about someone either taking it or screwing with it. I have yet to take it to a game, but I would probably remove it off my car in the parking lot if/when I do.
Being a Chiefs fan outside of the midwest is like being a conspiracy theorist. You have lots to talk about but no one wants to listen. [Reply]
I don't know if this has been discussed somewhere, but I've been wondering, in OT, if we had got to a 4th down inside FG range would we have gone for it? If the thinking is to go for 2 rather than give the ball back to the opponent in sudden death, it seems like the same logic would apply. Assuming it's not a crazy distance, like a 4th & 25 or something. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jamie:
I don't know if this has been discussed somewhere, but I've been wondering, in OT, if we had got to a 4th down inside FG range would we have gone for it? If the thinking is to go for 2 rather than give the ball back to the opponent in sudden death, it seems like the same logic would apply. Assuming it's not a crazy distance, like a 4th & 25 or something.
I would guess on 4th and 5 or less Andy would have rolled the dice. [Reply]
