Refs blow the game

WHAT? Eagles would have got the ball back with like 1:40 remaining and down by 3. So of course it could have impacted the outcome of the game. Like there is no way to know, which is the whole point.

Posted before the game:

There hasn't been a Super Bowl ever where b!tches didn't b!tch about the refs. B!tches.

Probably not much of that when SF beat DEN 55-10.

Denver nearly always loses so nobody asks questions

And this debate should be over in 3, 2, 1.

Plus the Eagles player admitted it was indeed a hold.

It's happening more and more in major sports- the World Cup was a joke and the NFL has more and more games where the result is caused by a bad call.

Maybe we just have to stop watching. Let's get real sport back.

"I pulled on his jersey. They called it. I was hoping they would let it ride."

- Eagles' DB James Bradberry

Firstly, announcer Greg Olsen and the Fox telecast producer cannot work another big game again. Both have massively contributed to the "controversy." Fox kept focusing on Bradberry's hand on the back of Smith's jersey as he ran up field but that was not the hold that he was called for. Olsen kept on referring back to that part of the play. So emotional Eagles' fans latched onto that. There was absolutely holding as shown in a few posts above.

Secondly, why don't I hear complaints about this:

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article272453663.html

There was a pass interference called missed early in the game. THAT was a missed called. The holding play wasn't.

What's disappointing is the game being decided in the last few minutes by a "borderline" call, particularly as the refereeing decisions were also prominent at the end of the AFC championship game.

That was holding. Just because there are worse holding violations doesn't make that not a penalty.

If it is a penalty in the middle of the second quarter 70bl yds from goal it is a penalty there. The Eagles didn't even complain about the call.

I remember when football used to be football. Not sure what it is now after seeing some of those calls. Well at least the refs kept it close so viewers would stick around and take in more commercials.

The grass was just terrible.

What an embarrassment for the NFL.

Ruined the Game

Was ticky tack, but dont say they awarded them the game. Games are never decided by one play, ever. They are the sum total of other bad calls, missed blocks, fumbles returned for TDs, missed passes..........

Ref was pressured into calling it the second the DB pulled the jersey. It makes it so much more obvious even if it didnt "hold" the receiver back.

And BTW, that was a catch! KC returned that fumble for a TD!! This "football move" stuff has to be stopped. If you catch it you catch it. We all know what a catch looks like.

Funny you said that because even the Philadelphia player who was called for holding said that it was holding and he had no problem with the call.

They say the officials could call holding on nearly every play. In Championship games the unwritten rule is "let them play." Let the borderline penalties go. That was definitely a borderline call, even if the DB admitted to it. An official robbed the viewing public (football is entertainment) of the opportunity to see if Jalen Hurts could pull off a tie or a victory. He robbed us of what may have turned into an exciting overtime Super Bowl. And everyone is right...how could the NFL hold a Super Bowl on a field that's that slippery. I noticed most of the slips occurred on the logo's and lettering. One of the players even slipped in the end zone as he was getting to his feet. The NFL blew this one. I'm a Bay Area resident. If I lived in Philadelphia I would really be going nuts. I wonder who "that" official was rooting for.

It was holding. The CB got beat and held the receiver. It had an impact on the play. I did not have a dog in the fight. The officiating was decent in this game.