San Fran vs Phi. The game that was not

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Mahomes was clearly out of bounds and Ossai clearly pushed him. The NFL has made it clear they are going to protect quarterbacks.The fact that its the 4th quarter of a championship game doesn't mean the rules shouldn't apply.

I hear you but I don't know what the defender's even supposed to do in that spot. The push was barely anything, Mahomes previous step was mostly foot in bounds and he was appearing to go forward, and the refs had to know in that spot that that would decide the game. Totally wack IMO.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I hear you but I don't know what the defender's even supposed to do in that spot. The push was barely anything, Mahomes previous step was mostly foot in bounds and he was appearing to go forward, and the refs had to know in that spot that that would decide the game. Totally wack IMO.

I just watched it again and Mahomes was 2 steps out of bounds when he was pushed, the defender has to let up. If it was one official who threw a flag, they can say the official overreacted but there were multiple flags thrown. To me, it was textbook unnecessary roughness.

[BobbyStrawberry]

I watched it again too. I guess he did have a chance to let up, albeit very small. I know they coach this now too.

Generally I just miss the days when the sport was tougher! Same goes for today's NBA where if you touch the offensive player it's a foul.

-Old man yelling at clouds

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I watched it again too. I guess he did have a chance to let up, albeit very small. I know they coach this now too.

Generally I just miss the days when the sport was tougher! Same goes for today's NBA where if you touch the offensive player it's a foul.

-Old man yelling at clouds

It was the correct call even though it sadly directly led to a loss.

However there were several bigger calls and non calls that seemed to favor KC that I had bigger issues with

[nolemmings]

It was a remarkably boneheaded play. His explanation made little sense either:

"I was trying to push him, maybe get him going backwards because I knew he was going for that sideline. I was trying to make him go backwards, get that clock running".

First, he had to know the sideline was there--Mahomes just ran right by and alongside the bright red-orange first-down marker directly in his line of vision. Second, he never was in a position to push him backwards-- his only push would clearly not come from the front. Add to the fact that Mahomes was not trying to dance for extra yardage or extend the ball and it is clear he had nothing to gain by that shove.

I get the play hard mentality, but IMO that appeared to be a guy completely oblivious to the game situation, despite his later efforts to say otherwise. Still, too bad the game was basically decided by that penalty.