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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If you watched both games you would see the officials were letting them play. Chiefs DB's were mauling Patriots receivers all game. There were a few plays where Pats receivers had a Chief on their back and I was looking around the field expecting flags and none came. Not sure if it was a mandate in both games not to call a lot of pass interference but to me that's what I saw. There's no doubt the missed call in the Saints game was huge but it was going on in both games.
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This is nothing new. I've noticed this the last 5-6 years, while in the regular season you breath on a receiver and it's pass interference or holding or illegal contact, in the playoffs the refs have been letting the teams play. I imagine coaches are aware of this and coaching their players to play more physical in coverage.