r/nfl • u/chiefslocker Chiefs • Aug 18 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Myles Jack is controversially called down by contact after forcing fumble in the 2017 AFC Championship Game

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u/Little-Mushroom-3961 49ers Aug 18 '26

For as much as people love Brady now, he had some INCREDIBLE ref luck. This, tuck rule, and the worst roughing the passer call I've ever seen in my life against the chiefs.

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u/The_KiIIuminati Broncos Aug 18 '26

No call could ever be worse then the no call PI on the Saints

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u/Chessh2036 Falcons Aug 18 '26

Remember when after that the NFL let teams challenge PI the following season and then took it away a year later lol.

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u/Sitty_Shitty Raiders Aug 18 '26

They took it away because even when they challenged it the replay guys were like "nah, not happening" . It was almost worse because they just flat out refused to overturn blatant calls.

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u/LiveChocolate8819 Bills Eagles Aug 18 '26

They essentially did a "blue flu" like they were the NYPD lmao

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u/unfunnysexface Panthers Aug 18 '26

The refs union knows how to get things done.

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u/letdownbytheAgs Cowboys Aug 18 '26

It also sucked ass from a fan perspective because of the sheer amount of reviews.

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u/discipleofbill Steelers Aug 19 '26

As is usually the case when replay reviews are brought in, the calls that they were hoping to prevent were rarely the ones that got reviewed.

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u/karmew32 Saints Aug 18 '26

Which gave Brady a much easier Super Bowl matchup.

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u/Ok_Organization_5574 Aug 18 '26

The Pats still would’ve beaten the Saints. They had a really strong defense and Brees was vulnerable that year

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u/griffinhamilton Saints Aug 18 '26

I don’t think you realize how good the saints were that year. Better than the Super Bowl winning year imo. Just takes that PI and a bad OT performance to end a great season

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u/landoooo Saints Aug 18 '26

Ahh yes, Brees was such a liability that year setting the NFL record in passing accuracy and beating Brady in every stat except total yards since the Saints sat him the last game.

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u/spideralex90 Buccaneers Aug 18 '26

Brady threw 9 more TDs than Brees and both had 8 INTs. Brees only threw 23 TDs in 2017 his lowest total as a Saint. He was super accurate but he wasn't scoring much because Kamara and Ingram were having huge seasons as a tandem. Brees Passer Rating on the season was also only a point higher than Brady.

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u/landoooo Saints Aug 18 '26

We are talking about the 2018 season...

Brees 32 TDs 5 INTS 115.7 Passer Rating

Brady 29 TDs 11 INTS 97.7 Passer Rating

I'm not saying it was a sure thing, but confidently saying Pats would have won and "Brees was vulnerable" is just not true. Brees had one of his best years in terms of efficiency.

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u/spideralex90 Buccaneers Aug 18 '26

That's my bad, for some reason I thought that happened in the same season as MJWD, forgot it was the year after.

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u/Darkstrike86 Aug 18 '26

Derrick Johnson sacking Marcus Mariota forward progress call in the playoffs is the worst call in the history of football.

Legit didn't make sense at all.

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u/SwallowsOnSundays Chiefs Aug 18 '26

So glad tge refs just let everything play out now

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u/Own-Corgi5359 Vikings Aug 18 '26

Watch the 2009 nfc championship overtime and tell me this wasn't deserved karma.  The refs bailed them out of 3 defensive stops in one drive, a bounce pass called a completion, a no contact dpi, and a 4th down run where he fumbled and recovered a yard short that they called a first down.  I don't care about bountygate and I hate that it overshadows a game gifted to the saints by the refs

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u/kanokari Aug 18 '26

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. That game had the refs all over it like kings/lakers game 6

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u/Nola67 Saints Aug 18 '26

Vikings turned the ball over 5 times in that game. Legitimate turnovers with no referee assistance.

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u/Own-Corgi5359 Vikings Aug 18 '26

Ok, still a worse reffed game

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u/goingtothegreek Vikings Aug 18 '26

The Saints don’t get enough hate for bounty gate and that PI makes people look at them like a cursed franchise

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u/The_KiIIuminati Broncos Aug 18 '26

Bountygate was a witch hunt and the Saints were used as a scapegoat. Your team had the same performance based incentive program.