“The Chiefs get all the calls!”
Is that true? It’s one of the storylines dangling over the Super Bowl 59 matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Kansas City has the reputation of getting favorable treatment from NFL officials this season — and a series of controversial calls in a variety of fashions were examined and re-examined and put out in the social media court of public opinion this season.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell dismissed the notion the refs are helping the Chiefs in a press conference on Monday.
“That’s a ridiculous theory, for anyone who might take it seriously,” Goodell said. “It reflects a lot of the fans’ passion, and I think it also is a reminder for us how important officiating is. And I think the men and women that officiate in the NFL are outstanding.”
Philadelphia would know. The Super Bowl 57 matchup had a controversial defensive holding call on cornerback James Bradberry that allowed the Chiefs to run most of the time off the clock before Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal in a 38-35 victory.
That was two weeks after Cincinnati linebacker Joseph Ossai was called for unnecessary roughness with eight seconds remaining, which allowed Butker to kick the game-winning field goal…
