FOX Sports Mike Pereira Talks Chiefs/NFL Officiating Controversy with Rich Eisen | Full Interview

[@MistaGeezy90]

The rule that you can't hit a qb after a pick is insanity. If that's the case the qb shouldn't be able to attempt the tackle the ball carrier. They should have to automatically run to the opposite sideline. I'm glad that wasn't called on Goff. It was a clean hit and that's what you get for trying to stop the guy. What a joke.

[@kristaw2686]

Texans allowed their QB to be sacked EIGHT times and missed three kicks.

[@markkoep8031]

And the chiefs didn't get screwed by the refs on those.

[@chrisweidner4768]

They need to enforce reviews after all 15 yard penalties. Enough of this silliness, from a Chiefs fan.

[@MattRowland]

So 15 yard penalties were never an issue, EVER, until THIS FREAKING GAME, when they got one borderline call possibly wrong. You all are insane. And you're not a Chiefs fan.

[@cohoanglervancouverwa6755]

Good idea but it won’t work. For example pass interference is not a 15 yard penalty. It’s a spot foul. It could be a one yard penalty, depending on the spot of the foul. Any defensive penalty inside the 15 yard line is never a 15 yard penalty. It’s half the distance to the goal line. And review would never occur if a 15 yard penalty (or any distance) should have been called but wasn’t. It might work if there were a category of “major penalties” which could be reviewed but it would still be difficult.

[@kennethgray2510]

The Chiefs get all the calls! Come on man!!!

[@kennethgray2510]

@@cohoanglervancouverwa6755, every pass interference call should be something that's looked into. Whether its a 15, yard penalty or a "New Set of Downs" penalty, it should be supported by what the replay reveals. Not what the referees determine.

[@cohoanglervancouverwa6755]

@ Okay but should that include both DPI and OPI? Only one of which includes a new set of downs. And the issue of a major penalty that should have been called but wasn’t is still unresolved. Recall that the NFL tried to address that issue after the no call for DPI in the playoff game between the Rams and the Saints a few years back. They quickly discarded it after one season. I’m not trying to poke holes in the potential solutions, rather I’m just trying to emphasize that it’s more complicated than it might seem.

[@AdamPUnger]

"how hard it is in real time and how easy it is in super slow motion" - which is why all these plays should be reviewable because the average person can see its wrong from their living room couch

[@jeffh4505]

They tried that with pass interference. It was a waste of time

[@thenovacorp9957]

Pereira isn't calling out the officiating because he works for Fox. This guy is also for the tuck rule.

[@dustinstelly6518]

You don’t have time to know who the QB is? You make a call in 1/26th of a second but you don’t have time to figure out who’s been playing quarterback for the last 3 hours? This is an insane argument.

[@Nyjeezy]

Can’t help stupid people. Keep crying buddy

[@joshuaadams8519]

Came here for this. Also, they dont wanna be fired (by draft kings). Throw the flag, get paid.

[@dougr188]

@Nyjeezy Not sure pointing out a pretty clear flaw in logic is crying, but ok you do you.

[@RandyMerrell]

People think they know more than experts. Doctors, Refs what ever. The world is full of idiots who never did anything but think they know everything.

[@bs6938]

Yes, it's fast, and calls in real time are hard... but reviewing a replay isn't difficult. Sorry. This guy is protecting his buds

[@bricehultgren6073]

No reviewing a play isn’t hard, but it must be within the rules. Penalties, or lack thereof, aren’t reviewable.

[@Ozeki_Negima]

@@bricehultgren6073 THEY SHOULD BE.

[@kokoken1]

If you were listening, you'd realize that Mike said there's a difference between what you do publicly and what you do privately. Remember the Detroit-Dallas debacle over "reporting as eligible"? Walt Anderson publicly ripped the Lions for trying to skirt the rule. Privately, though, if you check, you discover that referee Brad Allen didn't get a playoff assignment last season. Mike just said he didn't think either of Clay Martin's flags was right. That's not "protecting his buds."

[@staubach1979rt]

Yeah, he’s “protecting his buds” by coming on this show and straight out saying that the two calls everyone refers to were bad calls. Pay attention.

[@manning181016]

I’m a college football official and this is the way it works. The league will always publicly defend the officials but every single play is graded for every official. They are graded on both calls and no calls, every play there are decisions to make and each decision is graded. NFL officials have 98%+ accuracy which is insane at the speed of the game. And when they do make mistakes, they are punished for it. You lose playoff eligibility, may have to do extra training in the offseason, or even be fired. Refs are fired from the league every year but nobody notices because it’s never the white hat because they are extremely good at what they do

[@jwynn9788]

Best sports conversations in all of KZbin! Rich and crew are phenomenal! Bravo fellas.

[@JagAss-ls7ie]

This segment is Goodell making a statement. I am making a political statement here that the NFL is much like another autocratic institution in this country. I don't care what side of the fence you're on there, but I can't imagine too many people rooting for the NFL throughout this playoff round and new round of scrutiny. Goodell's message: If you don't like it, there's the door, otherwise shut up and take it. That message is for everybody, including media commentators during the broadcast, no less. So I'm sure they will hear it from above, but I think Troy Aikman already knows that as he's saying it. Good for him. That's credibility. I like that. I hold him in high esteem for his candor on national TV. Yes, I'm making a larger statement here, that what's blurted out goes against the narrative, so why promote a losing narrative to begin with? What coalition of interests is being served by it? Does that coalition have more rights and more say than everyone else? You can't just get away with everything forever and expect everybody to just shut up and take it. Somebody's going to say something eventually. Consensus reaches a critical mass, and thus a change happens because people in high places in their respective institutions disrespected the game for too long. Remember Omar from The Wire saying to McNulty in the cemetery, ["...personally, I don't think the game should be played like that..."] Omar was a killer, but a man has to have a code, no doubt. Otherwise, the game isn't worth watching or playing. The story on The Wire was that high rollers, and thus their institutions, were selling out instead of sticking to what they should be. Institutional failure was the recurring theme on that show. Somebody's selling out in the NFL, and Goodell's emblematic of that. Officials aren't allowed to call a straight game anymore. They're paying people to spin it, but nobody's fooling anybody. The exiting regime drew ever more criticism from a broader coalition of interests. That's why they lost. And that's why there's a new president today. Same thing goes for the NFL, with influences as insidious, perhaps with regard to a number of munny things operationally (read: Vegas.) If the Bills win...

[@michaelroberts1597]

Yes replay assist sounds good !!

[@TabathaGriffis]

What do you expect him to say ... C' mon man

[@ldedric1]

#1 Officiating question I have is.. Why Can't NFL Officials be made full time employees of the NFL so they get an "off season" to train in their profession.

[@Rick_Huerta]

Everything he said. Apply it to law enforcement.

[@kevinbacen]

When all Fox and ESPN do is pump out gambling promotion, obviously all 31 teams fans that aren’t the chiefs are going to blame everything they can because the all those clowns saying the Chiefs are cheating so obviously have lost money betting against them. Meanwhile where’s the Josh Allen hate, he’s flopped more than Mahomes and Baltimore also got screwed on the DPI which should have been OPI. Buffalo scores off that play and won by two. The refs suck in ALL games, the chiefs just get all the hate because they’re taking everyone’s cheddar. Nobody will admit that though 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@staubach1979rt]

Ignorance is definitely bliss for these people.

[@andrewb8017]

I bet Kc because I k know they will get calls. It’s hard to get an edge in the NFL. I don’t want that edge to go away.

[@GregCox1552]

People have forgotten the roughing Brady by Jones that was a phantom. Or that Taylor began the last years game with 6 or 7 movement penalties in the first quarter. I think he still is the highest. The refs have become worse for the last 10 years and now we see holding every offensive play by a G or T. The way they hook is every play. So maybe they do need to have all refs replaced by AI. Get the middle man out and replace it with 7 cameras hooked to AI. But I think we would still have Chiefs syndrome with its hate and envy. Now that gambling is in the game at every commercial people don't trust the game anymore

[@rww71]

Nobody thinks the Chiefs are the only team to ever get calls - but clearly they get a ton of them. Only Chiefs fans deny this, just like Patriots fans used to.

[@MattRowland]

Preach

[@akkadian1995]

The NFL is composed of 32 teams. Anyone who thinks 31 NFL owners signed off to favor the Chiefs needs to rethink things.

[@timd4789]

The 31 teams didnt sign off on it just 1 did

[@technologicalsociety]

I live in Texas and I can tell you winning is not every team's #1 priority. It is making money. Look at the Cowboys. Haven't even come close to winning anything at all in almost 30 years and they've become the most valuable sports franchise in the world. It is MARKETING and getting that product sold. And guess what? ALL 32 teams share the profits. Even gate receipts...

[@joshwhalen17]

​@@technologicalsociety In that case shouldn't fans be angrier at their owns teams for participating in this Grand Conspiracy?

[@gerardangelo7975]

every team makes money from viewership my guy.

[@Nyjeezy]

@@gerardangelo7975I promise you, the Colts aren’t making anything comparable to the Eagles my guy

[@matthewche]

I admire the Chiefs fan who recognize that the perception from the favorable calls dilute their team’s greatness.

[@BallsworthBallsbury]

I admire the non-Chiefs fan who recognizes A.) what group-think is and B.) that Chiefs Derangement Syndrome is rampant. It's hilarious watching the Chiefs' dominance drive the rest of the league insane. At best, it's turned everyone into whiney babies who complain about refs in order to cope... and at worst it's turned everyone into full-blown, smooth-brained conspiracy theorists.

[@connerjacobsen8518]

Yes, I need a honest conversation about nfl referees that sheds light for fans. Let me talk to Mike Pereira……

[@dougr188]

One NFL shill talking to another NFL shill is definitely going to get us the truth.

[@willault9120]

There won't be a single non Chiefs fan in these comments that agrees that the NFL isn't rigged towards the Chiefs.

[@bfraze9658]

@willault9120 if you believe it's "rigged" towards the Chiefs, go bet your life savings on it. But you won't. Clown.

[@scottw5247]

Both penalties were called by the back judge, I can see why he threw the flag on both instances with how he saw it from his viewpoint. I also think both calls were weak and the unnecessary roughness especially should have been picked up, however with how the rules are stated they arent allowed to pick up the flags when there is any contact which there is minimal contact with both. That's what needs to change, every penalty should be able to be expedited reviewed and picked up. -a chiefs fan

[@willault9120]

@@bfraze9658 you're 63 calling someone a "clown" on the internet. Got it...

[@dougr188]

@@bfraze9658 If a ton of people bet like you suggested Vegas would just make sure it didn't happen. It's not a coincidence that gambling on NFL games was opened up to the public at large, and game-altering calls in favor of certain teams increased.

[@BallsworthBallsbury]

@@dougr188 Impressive. Very nice. Let's hear your thoughts on the flat earth as well.

[@Born8etter]

This is ridiculous… zero accountability for the lousy officiating

[@mrhomeslice8938]

If you are going to hold officials to a no mistake standard then Rich’s wife, family and everyone that watches this show should no longer allow him to apologize for his mistakes.

[@dougr188]

In case you were looking for the definition of non sequitur, this guy got you covered.

[@mattcamerson6761]

I keep hearing “fans of the other 31 teams all agree the chiefs get favorable calls”. Fans need to stop watching chiefs games then. That’s the only thing that will evoke change. Hit em in their wallets and this bullshit will end quickly.

[@teemoore72]

Mike’s not wrong that the refs are not bough….but he’s wrong about the point and purpose. The league shouldn’t be concerned about protecting the decision of the officials. People don’t watch officials. There’s nothing to protect there but their integrity. Not admitting wrong and doing anything to prevent it in the future is not only arrogant, it’s 100% enabling the criticism they are receiving as well as the un-athletic and unsportsmanlike behaviors of players like Patrick Mahomes to draw a flag versus playing the actual game. The more he builds disrespect from his opponents, the sooner he’s really going to get gobsmacked and injured out of anger, then the league will have their “efforts to protect the QB’s” backfire on them. Do better. If an ex player in a booth can see when it’s wrong, the league can fix this. Also, is Mike still on the payroll? He’s got a ton of respect for the refs, not much for the fans who pay for it.

[@milawless69]

This is why people say the games are rigged. That was an obvious call on the opening kickoff of the Packers and Eagles game and could have changed everything. And having a moron like collinsworth acting like he saw nothing despite replays being shown that show the horrible call

[@technologicalsociety]

YES! that was the worst call this playoffs and it was glaringly obvious WTF we were seeing and then it was REVIEWED and UPHELD! But hey we don't know a damn thing about officiating according to this guy... LMAO

[@JagAss-ls7ie]

Cris Cowpersworth

[@taskmaster51]

There are ways to fix offiating..NFL needs to do it. Rich is absolutely right about everything

[@MaRkYWaHoO]

Chris Brockman is the kind of guy that pisses the bed and blames the sheets

[@spi_media_core]

This guy is part of the system. Of course we're not going to get an honest answer from him This is ridiculous

[@PaulChapman-zn6tq]

He's paid by the NFL of course he's not going to diss the refs

[@GordonMackie-qm5qp]

The sheer arrogance of this man!! Football fans know nothing!??!!

[@user-wb5jw8df3t]

Mike Pereira is an example of why NFL refereeing has sucked and will continue to suck for the foreseeable future. Many of the calls aren't 'bang bang' calls. Holding, false starts, hip drop tackles, and face masks can often linger more than a split second. And when someone with an attitude like Pereira's, willing to give refuge to the incompetent, he corrupts the game without being themselves explicitly corrupt. Every and all technology that can be used to improve the officiating should be implemented if they're concerned about eliminating the stink that's come off of the refs' performances.

[@kokoken1]

Spoken like someone who's never done the job. You think you know, but you don't.

[@dougr188]

@@kokoken1 Anyone who has done the job knows that with experience and training, you get really good at seeing what is happening in the moment. The game slows down just like it does for NFL players.

[@marksindayen9070]

You’re paid to say that Mike, the bad calls are look very blatant

[@kenhaworth6530]

No way having one single person in full control of every game all by himself would ever cause any issues.....😮😮😮😮😮

[@malekodesouza7255]

Love the “I no longer care…”. I retired and I know the feeling!😂

[@DonaldWebber-o9v]

All calls and non calls should be reviewable. Football is the ultimate video sport. Rarely can you not see from one angle or another what happened

[@M0mzSpagheti]

The problem is that NFL promotes gambling every commercial but then will have terrible calls. It’s hard to not call it rigged when the flag is presented to you by DraftKings Sportsbook.

[@jacktonges4912]

You think the bookies want the best team in history and usually always the favourite to keep winning??? Tell me you don’t know how gambling works without telling me…

[@dougr188]

@@jacktonges4912 If that favorite is continuing to allow bookmakers to make more money than a different result, then yes, that is exactly what will happen.

[@dougr188]

@@jacktonges4912 If the Chiefs winning makes them more money, then yes, bookies will want this to occur.

[@dougr188]

@3:47 The official has to take note of the number of the player who committed the infraction. You can not tell me while doing that he isn't going to know who #15 or #87 in Red is or that the color Red will be the Chiefs. How are we supposed to take this seriously?

[@BlackIce0012]

NFL Teams Have 53 active players 22-23 coaches plus staff. 32 teams all with practice squads.16 games every week with 8 plus refs and back up refs. All that to say, several hundred people across the NFL, plus their Billionaire owners, all in cahoots to make the Chi3fs 3 time superbowl winners. And no one saying anything about it, even players who got released. Man, some people are just a special kind of..... SMDH!!!

[@robcannon7025]

Agreed! Critical thinking and common sense in this country is at an all time low.

[@dougr188]

Thinking that all those actors need to be involved for things like this to occur is the issue. Tim Donaghy would like a word.

[@proteuswest1084]

I am not one of those people who think that certain teams have refs in their pockets or that the refs are in any way corrupt, but given the general feeling around the NFL about the Chiefs and some of the calls they have gotten or not gotten in some big spots over the past few years, the Texans game was a really bad look for the NFL and for the officials. I think we can all acknowledge that officiating such a fast sport in real time is insanely difficult, but use replay to try to clean up the stuff that is obvious at home and help the officials on the field. If the entire sporting world can see something is wrong and not only does it stay wrong after replays, but the NFL then tries to tell us it's right, you really are just giving ammo to all the conspiracy theorists out there, and that's not good for the game.

[@Me-gy7yk]

There's an unconscious bias in favour of the top teams in all sports.

[@JonT1137]

Is this a bot commenter?

[@SilverandBlacksheep]

Rich is being a respectful host and not pushing it too much as to embarrass Mike . . . . . but imagine what he's thinking in his head as he listens to these BS excuses 🤣

[@collinswimley5166]

So with 3 big mistakes in the Texans vs Chiefs game, I’m assuming Clay Martin’s crew should never ref a playoff game again…

[@ericgen5022]

What a great conversation.

[@chrisknutson31]

Defending blatant incompetence at best and bald-faced corruption at worst. Nice job, Mike.

[@jakebarnes1950]

Losers always think Life is Rigged! Crying will never make, all you fans with teams that can't keep up with the Chiefs, winners all of a sudden! Losers complain and winners drink Champagne!

[@MattJackson_YouTube]

I don’t think this helped the officials’ cause AT ALL

[@joshwhalen17]

If you think the NFL is rigging these games, remember the "NFL" is 32 billionaires that each want to hold the Lombardi at the end of the season. The idea that Roger Goodell is pulling the strings for ratings is downright naive.

[@Steven-lb4bl]

That’s what people don’t understand. Goodell gets paid a ton of money to take the 💩 that the owners don’t want but in the end he does their bidding.

[@ea4744]

The issue with the first roughing call against Will Anderson, is that they didn't show the replay with the correct angle until after the next play was ran. I feel that the networks and the NFL are affecting outcomes. Not necessarily the refs.

[@garygkc21]

Last year the chiefs right tackle and #1 cb were the 2 most penalized players in the league.

[@user-wb5jw8df3t]

*But not in the playoffs. Then they suddenly became good...

[@stevenstocker7425]

Yeah, which makes it even more curious that they didn’t get a SINGLE holding call in either super bowls 57 or 58. 🤔

[@kracusomniax3933]

That's BS calling a player defenceless on a pick six. It is a turnover. How can a defenseless player block? That should never get flagged. The problem with his argument is that the fans want it to be fair and he wants the officials to be sacrosanct. That is not right

[@bgrutterdds]

The QB is on an island with a bunch of DL looking to block him. These dudes make more in payroll than nearly the entire team combined. It's too much money on the line and no one wants to watch a game where the QB gets knocked out in a manner that is possibly avoidable. I'm not saying a agree, but the owners all agreed.

[@davidpowell3469]

I'm 66 so my perspective might be a bit different. I am not particularly critical of initial calls, but if it goes to review (or is so-called unreviewable) and they get it wrong then my disappointment meter goes up by 1000x. Come on man.

[@Ice-Blade]

I dont' like mike or riches ideas on referring at all anytime anyone of them wants to put their input into officiating and rule changes. glad they arn't on the comp comity

[@jeffreyryan4026]

The best thing the league can do is define what is and what isn't a catch. The hair-splitting is frigging ridiculous.

[@Iamthehethetheyandthehim]

Wow he really sat there and flat out lied like that lmao who the player is 100% makes a difference on calls, and we have seen thousands of make up calls. It even has it own term so wtf is he going on about? This did nothing but discredit officiating even further

[@lightweight1365]

The footage going back to 2020 doesn't lie. He can try to sell it however he wants but we're not buying it.

[@xsheikah]

What footage lol

[@RogerGoodeII]

The footage? 😂 How about the facts? The Chiefs have actually had more penalties called against them than for them in the postseason since 2020. The Chiefs are also the MOST PENALIZED team in the postseason since 2020 as well, with 57.

[@jackmcmullen539]

The footage does lie. Data shows the chiefs receive no favoritism from the refs

[@user-wb5jw8df3t]

@@xsheikah The Chiefs' successive playoff games against the Bengals and Eagles in the 2022 season.

[@xsheikah]

@ mhm yeah the one where the guy admitted to holding and the one where they clearly pushed mahomes when he was well out of bounds you right it doesn't lie

[@wowreally594]

This tool Mike Pereira said all we need to know "When I was hired by the NFL"....every other word that comes from his mouth is diarrhea.

[@Stever99999]

When you have to have a “Rules Analyst “ on every broadcast, you have too many rules.

[@44Grimmace]

Why? Maybe the fans are to stupid.

[@applesauze9189]

My favorite thing is how we all have been complaining about incompetent refereeing all year every game. But once it’s the chiefs that benefit from one of those bad calls it’s all on purpose and rigged for them to win 😂

[@pedrobarreto4335]

There are so many examples of bad calls or bad no calls!!!! Let's just mentioned two from the last weekend... the 2 Roughing the Passer on the Chiefs - Texans and the No Call on Lions - Commanders (Goff)!!!!!

[@mattanderson4270]

"Technically it was a foul but it wasn't." What? What does that mean? So, it's the spirt of the rule and the letter of it? That's silly.

[@StoneyguyHaoleboy]

The Lions sure could of used a surprise onside kick. Oh wait, that's an archaic way to play the game.

[@eddielee3928]

When Taylor consistently lines up OFF the line of scrimage, and false starts 90% of the time, and it's NOT called, it's clear the officials are one sided.

[@michaelszewczyk9781]

Plenty of views of the montage with the Eagles' LT, both Patriots' tackles, the 49er' AP LT for 15 years doing the same thing, many times per game. Can't rely on these cherry-picking sites to be fair, thorough nor care if they are. It's all about capitalizing on the "clicks" and nothing else matters.

[@jackoliver3195]

Rich is showing you up & knows football.better then you Mike !

[@DEVILS_advocate05]

He’s afraid the refs will lose their jobs to replays

[@brianweatherbee8670]

Without fans it’s just a pickup game that grown men are playing. Careful Mike! If we all get off this train, you’re out of a job.

[@StephenSmith-nz4wp]

LOL good luck with that. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Texans AFC Divisional Round matchup was the most-watched NFL game ever, amassing 32.7 million viewers. If anything all the controversy is causing more people to watch

[@Luckaby]

The problem is unconscious bias. The refs are biased unconsciously toward certain players - because when every media outlet, every commentator, every publication talks about 'faces of the NFL' it's human nature to subconsciously think of the importance of that individual- therefore you are.kore likely to reaped protectively toward them that another. It's not the officials fault it just proves even more obviously how human they really are!

[@pjw1016]

NFL players need to quit tackling with their heads down. We’ve been coaching kids for years now to tackle heads/face up. Tackling form was better in the 1930’s…but maybe leather helmets had something to do with it?

[@frankmaitland1254]

Can't believe he's cowering

[@MiriamDandelion]

Wait. I thought he “had a job to do”. He’s too busy to turn around and/or stand up when he’s on camera with the broadcasting team on national television, but he can answer text messages from Rich “immediately”??? 🤔🤔🤔

[@beaulah_califa9867]

why wldd this man undercut the honesty of the refs?

[@seewise6383]

Dude not just Chiefs/Broncos it was Detroit & LA .vs Vikings as well. Verse is the dirtiest player in the nfl sticking his thumb in O’Neal’s neck, hands grabbing mask and twisting and no calls. Detroit was dirty too especially offensive “holding” which is what they did all year and no calls.

[@hiflyer747]

We shouldn’t negate the use of IR on these types of penalties, just to save the ego of the official, but I like the idea of the on-field officials primary goal of protecting players and IR reviewing those calls. Everyone, technology included, has a part to play in making the game safer and fair to the players, teams, officials, league, and most importantly the people who pay for this clown show…

[@Johnny.Demonic]

This is insane, i can't with this guy. I'm only half way through and i know I'll have more. First of all, you don't need time to make a biased decision, right? You come into the instance with a bias, so you already know what the call is before it happens. So let's use his instance, a throw down the sideline, tiptoes near the chalk... WHY does the ref even need to make a "snap decision" as he puts it? Why can't the confer, or ask for a replay assistance. Happens in all the other sports? AND how does the ref make snap decisions with such unchallenged authority? Oh because he's been endowed with the power, and is assumed to be infalable? NEXT, the make up call BS, fine you don't believe it happens. Cause " if there were two bad calls in one game, they'd be fired" as he said. Umm no, there has been hundreds of instances in which multiple bad calls were made, not one firing tho? BUT WAIT, only 6 mins in and already contradicting himself? So should those TWO (as in the aforementioned 2) have been made. Perrera definitively answers NO. so two bad calls were made in the same game? So they'll be fired as per your suggestion, correct? This guy.... And then Rich having the audacity, and i love rich, he's the only taking head i listen to pause of David Byrne, Rich has the audacity to say "remember when we'd have those back and forths and the rules and I'd push back, and so on...." Then just let this guy make his own narrative for 20 mins? Really?

[@spauley2133]

Just 2 hand touch the QBs to keep them safe, if that's what the NFL wants. If that is too rough, go 1 hand touch. Safety 1 league.

[@canislupus5]

Translation: The refs aren't smart enough to be nefarious, but some of them are just bad at their jobs or biased for specific players.

[@Opedanderson]

Rich is protecting his access.... the games are RIGGED to make Swiftie Super bowl

[@brianmarko5062]

Stupid conversation. Ya lost cause you scored 1 TD in an away playoff game in arrowhead. Period.

[@kennethcoleman580]

5:19 so the ref is saying the same thing as the players. Because you haven’t did it your opinion doesn’t matter!! Interesting!!!

[@Nyjeezy]

And you’re still gonna watch the games anyway. That’s how stupid fans are

[@kennethcoleman580]

@ just because a few players say that does not make it right or the truth.

[@SteveAttwood]

Of Course Mike.....

[@ju5t1n26]

He’s talking to us like we’re stupid. We all watched on Saturday Mike!! What a joke this guy is

[@JagAss-ls7ie]

@@ju5t1n26 stephen colbert's brother

[@BeefSchirky]

You are 😂

[@OutHereOnTheFlats]

Mike has jumped the shark

[@ryanbain618]

Mike is talking nonsense!!

[@ItsDraag]

Wait until this guy finds out that these guys can’t do it in real time either. Chiefs or no chiefs. Refs are bad and getting worse

[@paulmcfadden9498]

How long would Angel Hernandez have lasted under this structure?

[@Opedanderson]

A Swiftie Super Bowl means hundreds of millions of EXTRA revenue for the NFL......

[@jammininthepast]

There should be a human element to "Ref" a game. There should be some questionable stuff...now we're picking fly poop out of the pepper. Also, I don't need funky calls to hate the Chiefs, I hate them for who they are. Thanks, appreciated.

[@markbosky]

People calling the NFL officiating rigged are jealous crybabies.

[@jasondouple4382]

I'm sorry, this guy is absolutely lying! The proof is in the pudding. It's all on tape. It isn't just Mahomes either. People not tackling chiefs players, not calling penalties on chiefs defense for hip drop tackles. Then, the running out of bounds to help Vegas! The chiefs get those calls and non calls all day everyday. No one else gets calls the Mahomes and the chiefs

[@joshbodenhamer8737]

Talk about the DPI right before halftime during the bills ravens game.

[@WhiteWizzard]

Spin artist for Roger. Got a nice check I’m sure

[@RogerGoodeII]

Are you really so mad about a call in the 3rd quarter on a 1st down, in a game that wasn’t close? Or are you mad it was the Chiefs? These calls happen every week, way worse calls in fact. And it is Rodger, crybaby.

[@tomk206]

Are you kidding me did anyone see how Washington lit up Goff??????? KC is refs best friends.

[@Nowsincehere]

NFL fans: “We believe your product to be rigged” NFL: “No, no, here; let our employees tell you how non-rigged it is 😉”

[@jakebarnes1950]

Losers always think Life is Rigged! Crying will never make, all you fans with teams that can't keep up with the Chiefs, winners all of a sudden! Losers complain and winners drink Champagne!

[@stevenstocker7425]

@@jakebarnes1950typical chiefs fan response. You guys had zero (yes zero) holding calls on your previous two super bowls, offensive holding calls. 🤦

[@MT-or7lv]

what a bunch of garbage. Once the NFL got into bed with sports book, the fix was in.

[@littlesigh]

Wait.. one minute you say it happens to fast to tell then you say it should not have been called because and only because we have slow motion replay! So STOP any replays that are slow motion... Or... pick up flags after slow mo replay. You cant have it both ways.

[@TheSargeGX43]

Have Mike review the Hit vs Heyward and another Defensive player and Burrow compared to the recent hits against Mahomes in the Houston game. Burrow had 2 defensive players drive him into the ground and no flag vs the 2 flags Mahomes got against Houston. Explain why theirs no flag on driving Burrow into the ground and landing on him? Mahomes gets the flags because he’s good a flopping and making light contact look worse than it really is.

[@PrestonGarhvey]

This is like the 8th program thats mentioned this, aka its true and they jist deny it

[@technologicalsociety]

exactly. "nothing to see here folks... but we'll continue to keep trying to convince you anyway..."

[@seanprice6345]

We could watch every play in super slow mo nit pick it for every call or no call and then have the next play. Every game could take 2 days to play

[@JuanTorres-hv5ig]

NFL REFEREES FAVOR K.C.

[@jjgreen5206]

No they don’t. Your team just sucks

[@jeffrogers2180]

I thought cavemen were extinct...

[@KimLockard]

Make your team better and that may not be enough against Patrick he likes winning, he lost alot in college go Chiefs

[@lottji]

@@jjgreen5206 my team is the Packers. And let me tell you, you have to be lobotomized to not see the discrepancy.

[@romeou4965]

Lots of film supports this

[@frankmaitland1254]

Both were fouls the baiting on the sideline did not get called.

[@dougr188]

This NFL Propaganda segment is brought to you by the KC Chiefs.

[@jesselund360]

This is the worst "explanation" ive heard for this ongoing issue yet.

[@tinkdnuos]

I can show you like 3 examples off the dome of Mahomes getting calls he shouldn't. Can anyone find me 3 examples of Jalen Hurts getting those same calls? I'll give you a month to look. You won't find them.

[@user-xq8bd7ih4r]

During this episode, Rich needed to read the actual rule in the NFL rulebook. If you read the rule, both penalties should have been called.

[@44Grimmace]

And he just keeps ignoring that

[@danielknight8004]

Yeah I don’t think so buddy