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Originally Posted by -King-
So they couldn't call any penalties on the TB defensive line to slow them down or change up how they played? Or call holding on their DBs to extend drives so the game would be closer?
The logic doesn't seem consistent.
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Exactly. It's wildly inconsistent.
If the end goal is make money, then they'd strive for ratings. Ratings are increased by having a competitive game.
Instead they "let" the Chiefs get blown out in what would become one of the least watched SB's in recent memory.
When, apparently, the refs easily coulda called a number of bogus calls to extend Chief's drives to make the game more competitive.
Yes, the penalties subsided against the Chiefs in the 2nd half. I believe the reason for that was the ref team making half time adjustments in how they called the game, and toned down their DPI trigger finger as they were ruining the game.
OR the Chiefs made adjustments and backed their DB's off their physicallity.
Either of those options are far more likely, and far more consistent with what we've seen.