Championship Sunday Open Discussion

I think the AFC game will be higher scoring than expected, while the NFC game will be lower scoring than expected.

AFC: Chiefs 35, Patriots 27

NFC: Saints 28, Rams 20

Eams 40 Dsints 34
Pafes 27 Cgiefs 37

Reams - 27, Aints - 24
Chefs - 34, Hatriots - 26

Someone toss that whistler idiot out of the stadium before millions of people turn off the game.

Wow, the Saints dominated almost that entire half, but suddenly it's a three point game and LA gets the ball first after halftime.

Weak. Should have gone for it

In the air I thought Joyner had a better chance to catch that than Ginn.

What? That's blatant DPI, but the refs ate their whistles and flags.

Letting players play is one thing. That should have been DPI, or, even 15 yards for helmet to helmet. That is surely the kind of thing, inside the final 2 minutes, that should be overturnable by league office replay officials.

Now probably overtime. They are better than they used to be, but the OT rules are still pretty bad. You should never have an enormous swing in win percentage on a literal coin flip.

I get not wanting to throw the flag that decides the championship game. But how about not wanting to NOT throw the flag that decides the championship game?

This game should be over already.

Terrible job by the officials today. The no-call on the DPI was an extension of their policy all day to ignore penalties.

WTH, what a weird pick. In the air I didn't think there was any chance the defender would have it since he was on his back. The pass had to go to exactly the right place for him to have a chance.

Rams didn't deserve to win that

Holy cow - what a kick! That would've been good from 70 - easy!

Alright, well that was distinctly dissatisfying from a neutral perspective.

Imagine that. The referees decided the game. NFL is corrupt. Like everything else. Tom Brady GOAT.

Alright rams win, maybe it comes with an asterik. Lets see who they play, pats or chiefs.

Wow.

To quote Al Gore: “ You win some, you lose some... and then there’s that little known third category...”

N.E.- 34 K.C. 27

Totally forgot to put my LAR vs NO picks, please believe I called LAR 24 NO 21

Wow. Saints got hosed biggly by the refs.

The CFL has had pass interference as a reviewable call for a number of years.

I've been expecting the NFL to follow suit for a while now. Wouldn't be surprised if after this game, it's introduced in the NFL in the next couple of years.

The PI - no PI calls are usually easier to assess on review than catch - no catch. Either the guy's early or he's not. Avoids both situations like today's game and phantom PI calls.

The NFL will release a statement tomorrow that says, "We didn't do anything wrong, and we won't do it again."

In this press conference Payton said that the league office already admitted to him the call was blown.

Pats with a long td drive, taking up 8 minutes

Who is announcing this KC-NE game? Is is Belichick's mother? One normally has to tune into the Hallmark channel to see devotionals this passionate.

About time the KC defense did something

Nice job by the lineman there - terrible throw though - at least 5 feet short of where it should have been. Hopefully Brady gets that crap out of his system early.

Brady with the Roethlisberger style endzone INT.

Well, guess my prediction was dead wrong. NE looks like a different team these last two weeks. KC defdnse looks terrible, and they're going to get tired quickly at this rate.

When I look at any QB going backwards, I always HOPE that they get sacked for loss. This time, it happened, Mahomes knocked his team out of FG range, and just because a QB decided to run backwards and got sacked, I'm happy.

Tom was pretty meh in that half. Apart from that, it felt like of the most complete halves of football I can recall from the Pats, and I've been watching since 1995 or so. Wow! Similar to the 2004 Divisional win over Indy, but that was at home...

Total domination by the pats and only up 2 scores against the top offense of 2018. I think that gets erased pretty quickly in the second half.

I might be proven 100% wrong in 2nd half but as stated (a # of times previously) I mentioned
this kid (said by media as the greatest) Mahomes would el-foldo & when I questioned
his abilities in a big game....well.... I was called every name in the book...even a racist.

I said he wouldn't be able to handle (or pre-read) the A and/or B gap blitzs & that would
show his inaccuracy, which, so far, it sure has.

We shall see in 2nd half but I stand by my previous statements (which are easily read in
past posts).....Mahomes handles a normal/prevent/even just a "usual" defense, but
once he has to make split second decisions, he'll overthrow/etc. & so far he's proven me
right.

(now here comes the haters)

The heck, Hill?! Why you go backwards?! That, plus the flag means they are pinned way too close to the endzone.

Mahomes really is exciting in a very unusual way. I guess this is what it must've felt like to watch young Brett Favre.

Ok, at least they are calling PIs in this game.

The Chiefs just can't get a guy on the RB coming out of the backfield.

So, they ignored their best extremely short yardage runner in Tom Brady with the QB Sneak and went with a base run. Neat.

Edelman ... ignore the punted ball please. Those don't bounce how you want them. Never.

Glad im not Clete Blakeman. No win spot.

Sorensen!! Goodness!

That whole "Edelman touched it or not"? Doesn't matter. Edelman failed to catch that and it was picked off.

Time for the refs to start giving the pats some help obviously.

Ghost Roughing the Passer call. Like ... really.

Roughing the passer aka touching Tom Brady’s shoulder.

Refs are doing their best for Mr Kraft

Wow. Could they even at least try to not look like they are blatantly cheating for New England?

Refs are really going overboard here for the Patriots.

I think he got it.

That goddamn roughing call. Absolute bogus.

Thats a legit terrible roughing call. Like the ref couldnt wait to call it. Disgraceful.

Another close call goes the Pats way! What a coincidence.

Romo scouted the Pats better than the Chiefs did

Well, another drive, possibly a game winner, tainted by the presence (or lack of) penalties.

Three conversions by the refs and a very generous spot, all on third downs.

Pretty impressive of Romo to call the TD play right before the snap

Nope, that's a drop, not a fumble. Doesn't matter due to defensive holding.

Umpshow. Just horrible to watch.

All right, at least they are calling DPIs against NE. Also, Mahomes nearly gets Kimo'ed.

Way too much time left

That deep shot is such a terrible call. Even if you get it - big if - you're leaving Brady a lot of time.

Chiefs score quickly anyway, so pretty much moot.

Wasn't there some talk last time KC and NE played that the Chiefs had scored a TD too quickly at the end of the game? While I think you always take a TD when you can get it, that might've just happened again.

I have zero faith in the KC defense’s ability to hold this lead.

KC is gonna need a sack.

Here's a problem with a volcanic offense. At times, you are incapable of running a 4 minute offense the right way. You score too quickly for your own good.

Gotta call something to save the Patriots.

God damn it Ford. Stupid penalty might have cost you the game

Romo again all over the playcall.

Ugh. That's probably the best outcome though, at this point.

Offsides negates the possible end of game INT. And NE TD. Patrick Mahomes has a chance to be a legend here.

Remember that NFC Playoff game ... can't remember the round, probably Divisional ... SF vs. NO, Brees and Smith had a firefight with about a million changes of possession in the final minutes. This game has shades of that.

How fucking stupid is Dee Ford?

Face it, Patriots have the greatest refs of all time. The groat.