How spot measurement changed AFC championship game for Broncos | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

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1. Wah wah wah 😢 bunch of crybabies I didn’t hear this crap when bills got screwed on that int.

2. Who knows anymore? I do know that bad calls and questionable calls are ruining pro football. Seemingly more so than other sports.

3. Meh. Bronco fan here. I’m fine with this loss. I don’t want to win a a superbowl without nix. Would’ve been a fluke.

4. No doubt it played a role, but in that weather there’s no way of knowing that moving the ball back a few feet would’ve ensured a successful kick.

5. Weird a spot in the afc championship game was wrong for the 2nd year in a row. It went in favor of NE this year and KC last year. Merely a coincidence the close calls going in favor of Goodells 2 favorite teams in the biggest moments of the season

6. Kick the field goal. NE wasn’t moving the ball, we would be up 10-0, a storm is coming and the game is in the hands of our defense. No excuse not to kick the field goal.

7. I thought the spot the title was referring to was the 3rd quarter 4th down Drake Maye QB sneak. I thought he clearly came up short based on the yellow line, for whatever that line is worth.

   FWIW, Formula 1 racing actually has people setup for several miles around the race track so they get very precise information about incoming rain. Obviously the NFL sidelines shouldn't get access to this kind of information during the game but I'm surprised this type of cheating doesn't exist.

8. Spot measurements? See Buffalo Bills

9. What app are y’all using? My app says it’s going to start raining at 8pm, and that’s exactly what happens.

10. Sticks, chains, virtual, reviews the Regs still get it wrong.

11. Look the Broncos shouldn't have been in the AFC Championship Game, It should have been the Bills and it would have been a much better game. I can see Josh Allen running thought the snow beating the Patriots in the forth quarters in that snow storm.

12. The weak little weasel that is Sean Payton

13. Too many years in the Superdome.

    I'm glad Payton and staff were oblivious to the weather.

    Go Pats!

14. One possible solution or an improvement would be hiring refs on a full-time basis. This NEVER gets talked about

15. if ifs & buts were candy and nuts , we'd all have a Merry Christmas…wtf 😅

16. I think we still need the sticks and chains the visual doesn’t work it! It shows what the nfl wants you to see not what the fans want!

17. The "fumble" was actually a forward pass. Even though the ball was batted in a backwards direction, Jarrett's arms were moving forward. Just like a batted down pass.

18. Has Florio really not noticed that over the last few years the ball is routinely spotted after a change of possession or new set of downs with the nose (occasionally tail) of the ball touching a hash mark, making it possible to determine first downs by the line judge immediately? I have often wondered whether there is a ledger of how many times each team has had the ball moved up or back during a game to keep it fair overall. The virtual measurements only come on the rare occasions the previous first down was a tweener.