And the 2022 NFL Season predictably comes to a dull thud thanks to the NFL having too many subjective rules for laughably ticky tack penalties that have no impact on the play that can be applied at the whims of the refs. That call never gets made if Zach Wilson is the quarterback. It probably also doesn't get made if done by the Eagles star cornerback Darius Slay. Applying one set of rules to stars and another set of rules to regular players is what has made the NBA close to unwatchable and the NFL is at risk of suffering a similar fate if they don't reign in the rules that allow refs to call defensive holding or pass interference on practically every play which allows them to strategically deploy it. Especially with so much of the league's current business tied to gambling. Such a bad look.
The Chiefs probably would have won anyway because the odds were strongly against the Eagles scoring a touchdown and even if they got a field goal to tie, Mahomes was on fire and the Eagles defense stunk the second half and there is no reason to believe that Mahomes wouldn't win in overtime. But the fact that the League absolutely needed Kansas City to win because they need Mahomes to be the face of the League with Brady retired and Aaron Rogers having completely flaked out and having the Super Bowl end on a ridiculously soft penalty that was entirely judgment based and lacks objective standards (this isn't like in the AFC Championship Game where people can tell that a hit was out of bounds) is an absolute debacle for the NFL. At least it should be.
The Chiefs played better - they deserved to win. Mahomes deserves to be the face of the NFL because he is great. Andy Reid deserves a Hall of Fame bust the minute he's able to get one. The Eagles defense laid an egg when it counted the most. It was a great game ending a great season and deserved to be decided by the players not the refs.
To end that way was embarrassing for the NFL.
The Chiefs probably would have won anyway because the odds were strongly against the Eagles scoring a touchdown and even if they got a field goal to tie, Mahomes was on fire and the Eagles defense stunk the second half and there is no reason to believe that Mahomes wouldn't win in overtime. But the fact that the League absolutely needed Kansas City to win because they need Mahomes to be the face of the League with Brady retired and Aaron Rogers having completely flaked out and having the Super Bowl end on a ridiculously soft penalty that was entirely judgment based and lacks objective standards (this isn't like in the AFC Championship Game where people can tell that a hit was out of bounds) is an absolute debacle for the NFL. At least it should be.
The Chiefs played better - they deserved to win. Mahomes deserves to be the face of the NFL because he is great. Andy Reid deserves a Hall of Fame bust the minute he's able to get one. The Eagles defense laid an egg when it counted the most. It was a great game ending a great season and deserved to be decided by the players not the refs.
To end that way was embarrassing for the NFL.