AFC and NFC Championship game thread

NortheasternPJ

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The second one not being called sometimes happens but that first one - when a guy can’t bring up one arm for a catch - is ALWAYS called.
I can see them letting them play and not calling ticky tack ones, but you have to call one of the two there.
 

DeadlySplitter

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Bengals needed every break to win this. One of their good TEs getting hurt and that blatant missed PI last drive already feels like game over.
 

McBride11

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First one. Second play was questionable and defender at least turned to the ball and tried to make a play on it
Second one was borderline. The first was blatant, I mean the Cinci guy tried to catch with 1 hand because the other was being held. If they can't see that they need to not be on the field as refs.
 

Mystic Merlin

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I can't see how they miss that first call unless the ref believes receivers typically voluntarily try to catch balls with one hand.
I don’t think a ref could see that, it’s a shame that those can’t be corrected because the NFL is allergic to correcting missed PI calls.
 

Dollar

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The only way Mahomes doesn't get sacked there is that D-lineman getting tackled twice. That's ridiculous.
 

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Patrick Mahomes is unstoppable. This is going to be a rout. I dislike him strongly.
 

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Their lineman have free reign apparently. Just tackling dudes left and right.
 

54thMA

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The way he walks to the huddle like a gangly baby deer, and how he fucks around near the sideline to steal extra yards because he knows any hit on him will generate a flag.
I'm convinced that if he was not a talented QB, he would in fact be a sneakerhead working at a store for the employee discount.
 

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Mahomes is going to get seriously injured one of these games. The Chiefs are on borrowed time regarding how lucky they’ve been that it hasn’t happened yet. This style of play can’t last forever. I’d be shocked if he’s still this effective in 3, 4 years from now, particularly when he doesn’t have all-world WR with 5-10 yards of open space around them.
 

54thMA

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KC didn't play the Titans.

And the Bills are most certainly not a year early.
They played the Titans the year after the lost at home to the Patriots.

And they played the Bills in the AFCCG last year, a year too soon for Buffalo.

I was referring to their last three AFCCG opponents, not who they played this year.
 

BaseballJones

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The only way Mahomes doesn't get sacked there is that D-lineman getting tackled twice. That's ridiculous.
OL are, I think, allowed to bury defenders to the ground. But you can't block someone from behind no matter who you are.

Except, apparently, if you're a Chiefs' Olineman blocking for Patrick Mahomes.
 

BaseballJones

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Mahomes is going to get seriously injured one of these games. The Chiefs are on borrowed time regarding how lucky they’ve been that it hasn’t happened yet. This style of play can’t last forever. I’d be shocked if he’s still this effective in 3, 4 years from now, particularly when he doesn’t have all-world WR with 5-10 yards of open space around them.
Yeah I'm waiting for him to spin in the pocket like that, reversing directions without really knowing where the defenders are, and getting absolutely demolished from his blind side.

I don't wish ill on him like that, but it seems like it's inevitable at some point given how he dances around back there.