Every game is different.
Every season is different.
And that is self-evidently true.
And last night was further proof that no one should need.
Note that headline above.
I chose those words carefully.
Two NFL Kickoff games in a row.
Nor is he a player on the field who has been designated a captain for that game.
But how did they justify it?
Which interpretation of that rule did their “discretion” land on?
No one can argue the Chiefs didn’t gain an advantage.
Spagnuolo’s defense had the wrong call/formation to stop the look Baltimore broke the huddle with.
Making it neither honest, nor a mistake.
But the crew not only didn’t penalize the Chiefs, they granted the frigging timeout.Forget it, Jake.
It’s Kansas City.
That was just the most egregious.
Anyone who watched a snap of preseason was made award of a big re-emphasis on illegal formation penalties.
In the Patriots last game, their offensive tackles combined for three of them.
So did Baltimore’s.
Whether they had it coming or not:
So did the Ravens wide receivers:
The Chiefs?
Or one of those politicians who laid down the laws during Covid and then broke them.
Again, this is nothing new.
It might simply a matter of the officials just viewing them differently.
A sort of twisted sign of respect.
Wherever you fall on the conspiracy spectrum, there’s no arguing this isn’t happening.
The body of evidence is simply too great at this point to deny it any further.
