But, no, shockingly -- unlike last year, it appears that the only real benefits the 4-0 Packers are getting are the same benefits most of the league is getting with respect to the lack of offensive holding and the like.
Nope, I'm talking the other MNF game on Monday. Now, the NFL wouldn't let me play any of their footage on the site anyway, even if their own (they'd force you to click through to YouTube), but ESPN put a video up on the play in question.
Kansas City up 6-3, midway through the second. Mahomes back to pass on a third down , wrapped up, and beginning to go down.
At this point, stating "control", Tony Corrente blows the play dead, just as Mahomes flips the ball and Shilique Calhoun picks it off. He probably would've been tackled, but the ball would've been on the KC 30 rather than a punt for the Chiefs.
Now, the thing is not that call is incorrect. The call is correct, and, especially in the era of quarterback safety, should be called.
The refball in this moment is that we all know it is NOT consistently called. That is a textbook interception in that kind of a case. But, since the league is pushing Kansas City and Mahomes, the skids are greased and 26-10 (one of the lower totals of the first four weeks of the year) was the result for Kansas City to go 4-0.
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