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How The NFL Helped The Chiefs Win The Super Bowl …. Again

Chuck E. Growley
9 min readApr 2, 2024

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The NFL has turned into WWE and Roger Goodell has become Vince McMahon. There’s no other way to explain what is happening with the NFL’s new “Golden Boy” and the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes and the Chiefs are helped by the refs more than any team in the NFL.

It is plain to see when Mahomes is begging the refs for a flag after just about every play. Or when a rare call goes against the Chiefs and he flips out and loses his mind. More on this later.

But for now, consider this from @jpafootball on X:

The Kansas City offensive line hasn’t been called for a single holding penalty in ALL THREE of their Super Bowl wins. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

What makes this even more crazy? The Chiefs had more offensive holding calls this season than any other NFL team. — Stats Via NFL Penalties:

Their only holding call in all three Super Bowl games went against former WR Byron Pringle in the third quarter of their first Super Bowl matchup with the 49ers in 2019.

And let’s not forget what happened last season to help the Chiefs beat the Bengals to get to the Super Bowl and then beat the Eagles to win the Super Bowl.

Here are a few examples of how the NFL made sure the Chiefs would be highly likely to defend their title.

Week 5

As the Chiefs tried not to blow a 14-point 4th quarter lead, they got just enough help at just the right…

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Chuck E. Growley
Chuck E. Growley

Written by Chuck E. Growley

Chuck E. Growley is a man of mystery. He has questions — a lot of them — and wants answers.

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