{"id":2025951,"date":"2023-09-08T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/announcers-dumbfounded-as-referees-appear-to-let-chiefs-player-get-away-with-tremendous-advantage-all-game\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:38:03","slug":"announcers-dumbfounded-as-referees-appear-to-let-chiefs-player-get-away-with-tremendous-advantage-all-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/announcers-dumbfounded-as-referees-appear-to-let-chiefs-player-get-away-with-tremendous-advantage-all-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcers shocked as referees seemingly ignore Chiefs player&#8217;s significant advantage throughout the game."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fannouncers-dumbfounded-as-referees-appear-to-let-chiefs-player-get-away-with-tremendous-advantage-all-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Chiefs&#8217; Controversial Loss: Referees Letting\u200b Player \u200dGet Away with &#8216;Tremendous&#8217; Advantage<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2064 only reason\u2064 this isn\u2019t a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-journalist-settles-with-asu-after-being-fired-over-tweet-about-jacob-blake\/\" title=\"Student Journalist Settles With ASU After Being Fired Over Tweet About Jacob Blake\">bigger story<\/a> is because the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas\u200d City Chiefs suffered a stunning 21-20 home \u200bloss\u2063 to the \u2064historically moribund Detroit Lions in the NFL\u200c kickoff game on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200dthat doesn\u2019t \u2064make it any\u200b less wildly egregious.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs may have suffered one of the more \u2064ignominious losses of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/patrick-mahomes-opens-super-bowl-week-pointing-god-want-make-sure-glorifying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick\u200b Mahomes<\/a> era, but it certainly wasn\u2019t because the referees had it \u2062out for them.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as many observers noticed, the refs appeared to be letting\u200c the Chiefs get away with a\u2062 number of illegal tactics, primarily \u2064with regards to what \u2063Chiefs right tackle Jawaan Taylor was\u200b getting away with.<\/p>\n<p>It was bad \u2064enough that NBC, the network that aired the opening NFL game, brought \u200din its rule analyst and even he \u2062couldn\u2019t defend the referees (of\u2064 note, NBC\u2019s Terry McAulay is a former \u2063referee himself, so he\u2019s not \u2063exactly champing at the bit to\u200d criticize his fraternity brothers.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NBC\u2019s Terry McAulay on Chiefs\u2019 \u2062RT Jawaan Taylor: \u201cHe\u2019s really not remotely close, and it\u2019s really putting the defensive end at a \u200ctremendous disadvantage when you can be that far back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor appeared well behind\u2062 the LOS\u2064 and \u200cappeared to start\u2062 early \u200bthroughout the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2UrkTH8bTo\">pic.twitter.com\/2UrkTH8bTo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful \u200cAnnouncing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1699980821514313815?\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McAulay blasted the \u2063way\u2064 in\u200d which Taylor was allowed\u200b to line up \u2063so far back of\u2062 the\u200d line\u200b of scrimmage \u2063(for\u2064 the unaware,\u2062 that gives Taylor a massive advantage in setting up in pass \u2063protection.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be on the [offensive] \u2064 line, \u200dhis helmet has to\u200b break the waistline of the center,\u201d McAulay said during\u200d the broadcast.\u200b \u201cAnd to \u2062be honest, we\u2019ve watched him the whole game, he\u2019s really not remotely close, and it\u2019s really\u2063 putting \u200dthe\u200c defensive end at a tremendous disadvantage\u200c when he can be that far back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t\u200c just the\u2063 illegal\u2064 formation that Taylor appeared to get away with most of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Other observers of the game noticed that Taylor was \u2062getting away with\u200d a number\u200b of false-start penalties.\u200d Those should happen when the ball \u2064is ready \u2064to be snapped, and \u200dan offensive lineman moves before the ball is snapped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How is Jawaan Taylor not called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usas-sydney-mclaughlin-breaks-own-world-record-for-gold-glory-to-god-grateful-to-represent-usa\/\" title=\"USA\u2019s Sydney McLaughlin Breaks Own World Record\u00a0For Gold: \u2018Glory To God,\u2019 \u2018Grateful\u2019 To Represent USA\">false start<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnePride?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnePride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9evbnjnx2V\">pic.twitter.com\/9evbnjnx2V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Russell Brown (@RussNFLDraft)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussNFLDraft\/status\/1699957329494434244?\">September 8, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs?\">@Chiefs<\/a> \u2063right tackle jumping\u200c on every play. The\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?\">@NFL<\/a> needs to fix\u200b this. This\u2064 has been allowed for years. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChiefsVsLions?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChiefsVsLions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChiefsKingdom?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChiefsKingdom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/27ccsveXnp\">pic.twitter.com\/27ccsveXnp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ricky G (@RickyG457615788) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickyG457615788\/status\/1699957654553333774?\">September\u200c 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why are NFL\u2063 referees\u200c allowing Jawaan Taylor to jump \u2062early on every down and lineup in the backfield?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Adams (Alpha Male) (@NickAdamsinUSA)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickAdamsinUSA\/status\/1699984995148877858?\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The brazenness of it all \u2063left even NBC\u2019s experienced announce \u2064crew dumbfounded and \u200bgrasping for comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s\u200b Cris Collinsworth even went so far \u200cas to quip that Taylor was playing as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/julian-edelman-is-an-nfl-great-but-not-a-hall-of-famer\/\" title=\"Julian Edelman Is An NFL Great, But Not A Hall Of Famer\">slot receiver<\/a> \u2062during the game:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chiefs OL\u200b Taylor finally got called for a\u2064 penalty\u200d with \u20632\u2064 minutes remaining in the\u200b 4th\u200c quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Collinsworth:\u2064 \u201cJawaan Taylor playing slot receiver.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5gtFAUI386\">pic.twitter.com\/5gtFAUI386<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bChargers \u2062Central (@BoltCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoltCentral\/status\/1699986116118749285?\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To say that this was \u2063an inauspicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-christian-singer-crushes-first-nfl-national-anthem-season-gets-roaring-applause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start to\u200c the NFL season<\/a> would be a gross \u200dunderstatement.<\/p>\n<p>One\u200b of the \u2063NFL\u2019s premiere franchises and quarterbacks\u200c getting\u2062 an incredibly generous whistle at\u200b home on\u200c ring ceremony night against a downtrodden franchise?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to see\u200b how that narrative could quickly and violently blow up in the NFL\u2019s face, especially after years of accusations that the NFL gave\u2062 a \u2063favorable whistle to the league\u2019s last dynastic \u2064team, \u200dthe New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>(And \u2063make no mistake, the Chiefs have all the early makings of a dynasty. The last team \u2062to make three of four Super\u200d Bowls, as the Chiefs have\u200b done? \u200dThe Patriots.)<\/p>\n<p>In a way, then, it probably worked out for the\u200b best that the Chiefs suffered a humbling home loss on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Had\u200c the Chiefs won (or \u200bcovered the spread, in today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/announcers-dumbfounded-as-referees-appear-to-let-chiefs-player-get-away-with-tremendous-advantage-all-game\/\" title=\"Announcers shocked as referees seemingly ignore Chiefs player's significant advantage throughout the game.\">sports gambling-crazed\u200d world<\/a>), all anybody would\u2063 be talking about\u200b is the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missed-call-game-deciding-play-stuns-nfl-analysts-officiating-experts-always-foul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referee epidemic<\/a> in the\u2063 league.<\/p>\n<p>No league\u2063 wants to\u200c start the season\u2064 like that, with such a \u200dsingular focus \u2063on \u2064the\u200d referees. In fact, the Chiefs lost\u200c \u2026 and it\u2019s still a major \u200ctalking point the morning after.<\/p>\n<p>For \u200bthe Chiefs, \u2064they\u2019ll have a chance to silence their \u2062critics and \u2062get back on \u200cthe winning track\u200d on \u2064Sept. \u200d17 when they travel to face the Jacksonville Jaguars\u2013 \u2062which is, ironically, Taylor\u2019s last \u2064team.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/announcers-dumbfounded-referees-appear-let-chiefs-player-get-away-tremendous-advantage-game\/\">Announcers Dumbfounded as Referees Appear to Let Chiefs Player\u200c Get Away\u2064 with &#8216;Tremendous&#8217;\u2062 Advantage All Game<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2064Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; shocking 21-20 home loss to the historically struggling Detroit Lions in the NFL kickoff game should have received more attention. This wildly egregious defeat doesn&#8217;t diminish its significance. 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