Chiefs lose Super Bowl on purpose, Vegas cashes in

Chiefs did the NFL a solid. 

Blog King, Mass Appeal

NEW ORLEANS — And the award for best leading actor goes to… Look, I won’t bother asking if you enjoyed Super Bowl LIX, which saw our Kansas City Chiefs take a dive in falling to the Philadelphia Eagles 40-22 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. And the game wasn’t that close. Philly led 24-0 at halftime and cruised from there. I didn’t watch the second half, and I skipped Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.  Didn’t feel the need to waste precious time. The Chiefs were that pathetic. If you recall, prior to kickoff, I eschewed placing a wager amid trepidation of point-shaving and shoddy play. Now you see why. You and I also stopped gambling midseason after winning an impressive 9 out of 13 bets on the Chiefs because… we knew something wasn’t right. See… when it comes to rolling the dice, it’s best to quit while you’re in the black. It’s a good thing we did because, with Adam Sandler in attendance, Patrick “Paul Crewe” Mahomes and Andy “Warden Hazen” Reid re-enacted “The Longest Yard” in what’s being called the most rigged title game in NFL history.

The narrative encircling Super Bowl Week was Commissioner Roger Goodell, league officials and referees wanted our Chiefs to three-peat. We heard about it 24/7. Fans boycotted and David Portnoy of Barstool Sports contemplated suing the NFL after he placed a $1 million wager on the Buffalo Bills to beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game only to watch ’em come up short in the final minutes.

He trashed the Chiefs shortly after the Super Bowl.

“Chiefs have embarrassed themselves on a national scale,” Portnoy said in a video he posted on social media.

“Absolutely demolished by the Eagles. Patrick Mahomes looks like a JV quarterback. Now, it doesn’t take away from the fact they got three titles. It does stop the conversation … people comparing the New England Patriots’ dynasty and the Chiefs’ dynasty, they don’t even belong on the same field. The Chiefs would never ever beat the Patriots dynasty, not in a million years. Patrick Mahomes is not Tom Brady. Tom Brady has never puked on himself how Patrick Mahomes just did. And I know Patrick Mahomes don’t like Barstool, big deal, but that’s not why. He was awful. Couldn’t rise up, horrible throws. No protection, fine. Brady would have found a way.”

Portnoy accused the league and refs of working in cahoots to ensure a KC ménage à trois in New Orleans.

Now, he and blue-balled bettors worldwide deserve a dunce cap.

Check this out. According to Sports Betting Dime, 76 percent of gamblers placed wagers on the Chiefs because they fell for the okie-doke; believing the NFL and refs would guarantee a three-peat. That means only 24 percent placed their wagers on the Eagles — widely regarded as being the league’s most talented team. The American Gaming Association said $1.39 billion was wagered, with one bettor putting $345,000 on the Chiefs and another coughing up $326,000. Both got sodomized with no Vaseline.

The NFL — which has partnerships with FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM and countless others — walked away with a sizable chunk of the aforementioned 76 percent of public money wagered. You can tell Goodell descried the sportsbooks, phoned the Chiefs and told ’em to lose on purpose. Case in point, Coach Reid called no running plays to keep Philly’s pass rush at bay and Mahomes remained stationary in the pocket where he took a plethora of unnecessary sacks.

No. 15 also telegraphed a pair of terrible throws that were intercepted deep in his own territory and converted into touchdowns.

It was a point-shaving clinic.

“When you give a team 14 points, especially a really good football team, a Super Bowl football team, then not a lot of good things [are going to happen],” Mahomes explained.

“That’s why I take ownership in this loss more than probably any loss in my entire career because I put us in a bad spot. Even though we put up some stats at the end of the game, those stats didn’t really matter because we had already lost the momentum.”

Coach Reid echoed a homogenous sentiment.

“Today was a rough day,” he bemoaned.

“We didn’t really play well in any of the phases. I didn’t coach good enough. [The Eagles] did a nice job… We’ll learn from this. Like most games here, when you don’t do very well, you learn from it as a coach, you learn from it as a player, and you move on.”

Fox commentators Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt blamed KC’s offensive line.

Ditto for Chiefs fans.

But I say, “bullsh*t!”

This same offensive line (sans Donovan Smith) helped KC upset three outstanding teams on the road last season enroute to winning the Super Bowl.

Andy Heck’s unit also dominated the Houston Texans and the Bills this postseason to reach the big game.

As ass-whoppin’ of this magnitude on national television requires a scapegoat.

I get it.

But the beatdown had nothin’ to do with offensive linemen.

And it had nothin’ to do with referees.

Big Red and Mahomes simply threw the game.

They’ve done it before (Super Bowl LV) and they’ll do it again at the league’s behest.

The Chiefs aren’t alone.

In the 2017 AFC Championship Game, defensive back Jalen Ramsey said Goodell told his Jacksonville Jaguars to lose to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on purpose because it’s “good for the league.”

Former Houston Texans running back Arian Foster said he and his teammates received a script from Goodell before the start of each season.

Keep in mind… the NFL has a sports entertainment license, which gives the league complete autonomy to legally predetermine the outcomes of games — similar to the WWE.

Also, don’t underestimate the power of Vegas.

Whether it’s sports wagering or casino gambling, the house never loses.

Telling you dawg, Big Red and Mahomes look harmless when they’re filming State Farm commercials.

But, quiet as kept, they’re making the NFL a lot of money.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are also doing their part.

Wouldn’t surprise anyone to see the Chiefs win next year’s Super Bowl — just depends on the script and how cash is wagered.

Gamblers got played like a piano last night.

Even Stevie Wonder saw it coming.

Fox Sports officials claim a Super Bowl record 126 million viewers watched Sunday’s game.

But fans are calling it bullsh*t, claiming the NFL rigged TV ratings too.

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