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The haters are gonna hate, that one catchy song goes, and former NFL rules czar Dean Blandino is unable to shake off the allegations of referees being pro-Chiefs and the NFL wanting a certain pop star at Super Bowl 2025 from his own brother.<\/p>\n
\u201c(He says) the league is rigged and that I can\u2019t say anything about it. I say, \u2018Listen, hey, I think if there was a script, I think the head of officiating would be pretty important in that process and no one ever invited me in the room,\u201d Blandino said Tuesday on SiriusXM Radio.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy brother is like, \u2018They want Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.\u2019 150 million people are gonna watch the Super Bowl regardless of Taylor Swift being there. Like enough, stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
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To the league\u2019s chagrin, one of the prevailing storylines heading into Super Bowl 2025 is whether the Chiefs are receiving a generous whistle while they go for the league\u2019s first-ever three-peat.<\/p>\n
Many have questioned the referees ruling Bills quarterback Josh Allen short on a pivotal fourth-and-1 sneak in the AFC Championship game last Sunday.<\/p>\n
Buffalo led by one at the time and Kansas City immediately scored a go-head touchdown en route to its 32-29 triumph.<\/p>\n
That debatable call came on the heels of two controversial calls that went Kansas City\u2019s way in its Divisional Round win over the Texans.<\/p>\n
Warren Sharp \u2014 an NFL data analyst who has worked for the Eagles, a source told the New Yorker \u2014 published figures before the conference championships highlighting how the Chiefs have been penalized less in the playoffs than their opponents during this dynastic stretch.<\/p>\n
Blandino served as the NFL\u2019s vice president of officiating from 2013-17 and currently serves as a rules analyst for Fox, and he pushed back against the favoritism allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Chiefs have gotten the benefit of calls, but good teams make their own breaks. You think about the Patriots,\u201d Blandino said. \u201cMy brother, who is convinced that the league is rigged, that is convinced that I signed a (non-disclosure agreement) when I left the league office that I cannot tell anybody that it\u2019s rigged because I was head of officiating. We grew up in the same household, by the way. I said, \u2018Listen, there\u2019s no conspiracy. The officials, there\u2019s too many variables, there\u2019s too much going on.\u2019 To me, it\u2019s the hardest sport \u2014 when you think about football with seven different officials, to say, \u2018OK, I\u2019m gonna rig this game,\u2019 or the game is rigged from the league office down. The officials are just trying to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n
In mentioning the Patriots, Blandino seemingly was referencing how the same allegations surrounded the Patriots during their dynasty under Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.<\/p>\n
Former Chiefs offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz went after ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter for posting statistics highlighting the flags discrepancy involving the Chiefs in the playoffs, pointing out that perhaps it has to do with coaching instead of the referees wanting the Chiefs to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s insane that someone in the league is pushing this, and\/or allowing the most visible person to spew this kind of BS,\u201d Schwartz posted. \u201cMaybe the Chiefs are better coached and don\u2019t hit QBs late or in the head\/neck. Back in my day teams who got less penalties called were considered better coached. Insane.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blandino seemed to agree with that sentiment.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t tell me that the Chiefs have seven straight AFC Championship games, they\u2019re going to play for the three-peat. They\u2019re playing four Super Bowls in six years, that it\u2019s just because of the officiating. They\u2019re a good team and they make their own breaks,\u201d Blandino said. \u201cYes, have they gotten the benefit of calls? Sure. Other teams get benefits of calls. I just think right now the narrative is so out there that any time any close call goes for the Chiefs, it\u2019s, \u2018Oh, here we go again. Here we go again.\u2019 And I\u2019m sure Super Bowl Sunday, we\u2019re going to hear it for the next two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The referees will be under the microscope yet again on Feb. 9 when the Chiefs battle the Eagles in a Super Bowl 2023 rematch, a game that featured a questionable call against the Eagles in the final minutes that allowed the Chiefs to kick their game-winning field goal in the 38-35 triumph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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