Even if he had, since the refs get the blame for everything, why would Toney bother relying on them to know where he was, especially since it's clear he was offsides?
Zero offensive offsides in 21. Something like 3 in 2022. I believe that was the 13th time this year. I don't blame them for being heated in the moment but they should have taken the high road and just owned it since they are calling it this year. I'm guessing it's just frustration from a down year boiling over for them. Toney has been a train wreck for them this year.
I understand the frustration, but being pissed at the refs for calling an infraction is like rolling thru a stop sign for all of your life then getting pissed at a cop because you finally got ticketed. If it's in the rules, they don't, at any time, have to announce they're going to enforce the rules, regardless of if it hasn't been enforced in awhile.
I agree completely. Not excusing their complaining but I do understand why they would be frustrated after the egregious no call last week and then this call followed by a no call offsides the next play. I'm a chiefs "fan' I guess although I don't get bent about the NFL. The chiefs benefitted against the jets earlier this year from some terrible calls and I can admit that. I also don't mind when up and comers like Detroit do well. I try to just call it like I see it.
Bad officiating I get. But calling a penalty on a clear offsides isn't bad officiating. Can't think there's any team that hasn't had bad calls for and against them one time or another.
If this were 2021 and they literally didn't call this penalty once I might disagree. They have called it more than 10 times this year so there has been a documented shift in how they call it so yes, they really can't complain.
Why weren't they calling it before this year? Why did the refs choose a rule not to enforce? Reminds me of doubleplays in baseball when the runner is always out at second even though the defender is nowhere near the bag before he throws to first. Yet the first baseman always has to be touching his bag. Really makes sense.
Do you think Toney will be a Chief next season? $2.5 mil salary next year and final year of contract.
TBH it took him long enough this year with the bad WR Corp play. He's been quiet at least in public until last night.
They started enforcing that one several years ago too. They used to kind of give you the benefit of the doubt and gave you credit for being in the vicinity. That was when guys would slide hard through the bag and also try to spike them. They don’t allow you to try to “break up” the double play anymore, so they’re back to enforcing the rule that you have to touch the bag.
The ref will only let him know if enough players are on the line, not if he's on or offsides, they stop correcting that after midget ball. KC just boohoo'n
An ex-NFL ref on ESPN today said it a point of emphasis this year. IF that's true, then the teams would have been given notice of that...
I wouldn't blame Swift. I would blame the fact that Kelce and Mahomes are both making more TV commercials now than anyone else in the country. They've even dragged Reid into it. I wouldn't mind seeing them quit football and just make commercials full time. No, wait, then I would have to endure even more commercial crap to watch TV.
