The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer the defending Super Bowl champions after getting demolished by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59. The loss reminded fans of Super Bowl 55, another game in which the team got blown out in on the grandest stage of them all.
Heading into this game, one of the biggest talking points was how "the Chiefs get all of the calls". Well, that narrative wasn't a talking point during Super Bowl 59.
Former NFL pass-rusher J.J. Watt was quick to point that out on X. During the game, Watt posted, "That ref narrative died pretty quick" and he wasn't wrong on that. The refs were indeed, not a talking point because the game was out of hand by halftime. If the refs wanted to rig this game for the Chiefs, there are plenty of B.S. flags they could have thrown to keep the ball in Patrick Mahomes' hands.
J.J. Watt speaks the truth about the refs conundrum
This whole ref thing was a tired narrative so if any good comes from this, maybe people will stop spouting off about the refs rigging games for Kansas City now. If the refs truly were rigging things for the Chiefs, they did a horrible job of doing so on Sunday night.
It might always have seemed to non-Chiefs fans that the team was "getting all of the calls" because they're on primetime television more often. They probably get more calls than a team like the Titans or Panthers but that's the perk of being a Super Bowl contender that people tune in to watch. That doesn't mean games are rigged for them and Super Bowl 59 was proof of that.
Chiefs fans already knew the ref thing was bogus but Watt is right. Nobody will be talking about the refs come Monday morning.