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SamRebel35 said:
They had been letting the DBs for both teams play with more contact the entire game than they did on this one play. Literally the only defensive holding call of the entire game was that play. It decided the outcome of the game. It was chicken-sh*t. If they had called it in that situation after having called it all night, that's one thing. But to allow physical DB play all night and then end the Super Bowl with that call... Lame.
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You realize that not calling it during the rest of the game could have also decided the outcome?

KC scored on every single possession in the second half, and even on the drive where the defensive holding was called they were going to still score (kick a FG just with more time left). So maybe the Eagles defense giving up 24 points and their offense only scoring 11 in the second half had more to do with the outcome of the game and not just "literally the only defensive holding call of the entire game" being the deciding factor.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
You realize that not calling it during the rest of the game could have also decided the outcome?

KC scored on every single possession in the second half, and even on the drive where the defensive holding was called they were going to still score (kick a FG just with more time left). So maybe the Eagles defense giving up 24 points and their offense only scoring 11 in the second half had more to do with the outcome of the game and not just "literally the only defensive holding call of the entire game" being the deciding factor.
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We have no idea if KC would have scored, but Philly got away with a hold/PI in the first half on a 3rd down play where KC had to punt.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
They had been letting the DBs for both teams play with more contact the entire game than they did on this one play. Literally the only defensive holding call of the entire game was that play. It decided the outcome of the game. It was chicken-sh*t. If they had called it in that situation after having called it all night, that's one thing. But to allow physical DB play all night and then end the Super Bowl with that call... Lame.
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Anyone can be unhappy with officiating. But the DB called for the hold literally said he held. I’m so confused how it’s even an argument. And for the record, I wanted Philly to win.

“It was a hold,” Eagles DB James Bradberry, who was flagged for the penalty, said, per NFL Network. “I tugged his jersey. I was hoping they would let it ride.”
 
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VolGee4 said:
We have no idea if KC would have scored, but Philly got away with a hold/PI in the first half on a 3rd down play where KC had to punt.
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True, but kicking from the Eagles 15 instead of the 9 where the final FG was kicked from isn't a big difference.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Time was the difference. I was just pointing out that Philly got a break much earlier.
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Yep, end of the day no game in any sport is ever decided by a single play. I also felt like the officials called arguably one of the better games of the season overall. The three calls being referenced were all easily 50/50 calls and they even reviewed two of them. Very few rules are "cut and dry" most require officials to interpret the rule and apply it in a split second. Feel like that last defensive holding was called because the DB did it twice.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Well, it’s the biggest play in the biggest moment, so it stands out. Way too often games in the final minutes are marred by officials decision to involve themselves. Unless the contact is egregious, you have to swallow the whistle. Let the players decide the game instead of the officials.
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A foul is a foul regardless of time though. Can't say it's a foul in minute 1 and not in minute 59. Js
 
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MarcoVol said:
Anyone can be unhappy with officiating. But the DB called for the hold literally said he held. I’m so confused how it’s even an argument. And for the record, I wanted Philly to win.

“It was a hold,” Eagles DB James Bradberry, who was flagged for the penalty, said, per NFL Network. “I tugged his jersey. I was hoping they would let it ride.”
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I'm not saying it wasn't a hold. But it was borderline enough that it didn't have to be called, especially since they let the DBs play physical all game up to that point. And it made for a crappy finish to what was going to be an all-time great Super Bowl.
 
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I think this is the only commercial that made me even slightly chuckle...because of Adam Driver's delivery.

Did you all see any half decent commercials?

 
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MoCo_Vol said:
You realize that not calling it during the rest of the game could have also decided the outcome?

KC scored on every single possession in the second half, and even on the drive where the defensive holding was called they were going to still score (kick a FG just with more time left). So maybe the Eagles defense giving up 24 points and their offense only scoring 11 in the second half had more to do with the outcome of the game and not just "literally the only defensive holding call of the entire game" being the deciding factor.
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Well yeah. You could always say that about the loser of a game no matter what. But that doesn't negate the official's contribution to the ending of the game in that situation. It was a lame ending to a great Super Bowl because of a call that didn't jive with the way the game was called up to that point.
 
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