Certainly, referees within the Nationwide Soccer League do not truly favor the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, do they?
Nicely, Rob Gronkowski has the thoughts of the NFL fan and thinks that one thing is up.
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The Chiefs are of their third consecutive Tremendous Bowl, and it is truthful to say they obtained some profit from the officiating within the AFC title recreation in opposition to the Buffalo Payments.
Rob Gronkowski (Jim Rogash/Getty Pictures/File)
A pivotal 4th-and-1 rush by Payments quarterback Josh Allen was dominated quick (it could possibly be argued the Payments crossed the marker on third down). The Chiefs responded by scoring a landing on the subsequent drive. And whereas the Payments did tie it up, the sector was clearly tilted afterward.
This model of the Chiefs is being talked about like Gronk’s New England Patriots was once talked about: favoritism from the refs however nonetheless troublesome to beat. Gronk joked in a current interview with Fox Information Digital that even his quarterback Tom Brady obtained the favor of the whistle.
“It was Tom, however he deserved it on the time. He was an 18-year vet, and he took his punishment as a younger buck throughout his first eight years within the league. Oh my lord, he used to get lit up. It was comprehensible he obtained calls,” Gronk stated.
And maybe the Chiefs have gotten that very same profit, Gronkowski added, saying the refs are “positively … extra lenient” towards the Chiefs.
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“It’s been proven all through the common season and lengthening into the playoffs,” Gronk quipped.
He later added, “I simply really feel like there’s one thing, like, possibly give them an additional name or two. Don’t make it too apparent, however make it just a little apparent.”
Referee Carl Cheffers speaks to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throughout a break within the third quarter in opposition to the Houston Texans on Dec. 21, 2024, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Pictures)
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Gronkowski will get to see firsthand how a lot the refs truly favor the Chiefs, if in any respect, as he’ll be in New Orleans on behalf of Bounty to scrub up the mess that comes with soiled consuming throughout Tremendous Bowl Sunday.
“You’ll be able to’t have soccer with out wings, there is not any doubt about that. However you’ll be able to’t have wings with out Bounty,” Gronk stated forward of his journey to Bourbon Road, the place there can be meals aplenty.
His wingman, Saints legend Drew Brees, will attempt to present him the perfect wings on the town, however he does not assume something will beat his hometown Buffalo wings, much like the Chiefs.
Gronkowski added that although the Chiefs could have some assist from the zebras, it is “no excuse” for the Payments or anybody to fall quick after they have their probabilities.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes talks to referee Clete Blakeman previous to the AFC Championship in opposition to the Buffalo Payments on Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Pictures)
“You might have alternatives to beat them, you bought to beat all conditions, and the Buffalo Payments have to make championship performs in championship moments, they usually didn’t come by means of. You bought to make performs with the intention to beat the Chiefs, and you may’t blame it on the refs,” Gronk continued.
“It doesn’t matter, you continue to obtained to beat the Chiefs, and you continue to obtained to come back by means of with massive performs on the finish of the sport with the intention to beat them, and no group has performed that but.”
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Gronk received 4 Tremendous Bowls in his profession, however with a Kansas Metropolis win on Feb. 9, this period of Chiefs could have matched him.
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