Rob Gronkowski Adds Fuel to Chiefs-Refs Conspiracy With New Comments

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football to go up 3-0 for the season. However, instead of the game or individual performances, it was the referees that took center stage since then. The controversial no-call by the officials in the fourth quarter received a ton of criticism from fans who like to claim that officiating has been benefitting the Chiefs since the start of the season.

Future of Hall of Famer Rob Gronkowski was the latest name to join the bandwagon of people saying the NFL is rigged in favor of the Chiefs. In his appearance on Up And Adams Show, the four-time Super Bowl champ said that the Chiefs get "way more" calls than the Patriots did during his playing days.

Gronkowski played nine seasons with the New England Patriots, winning three Super Bowls between 2010 and 2018. During his partnership with Tom Brady, it was widely claimed that the Patriots got the benefit of the doubt from the referees, aiding them on their postseason runs.

However, the legendary tight end rejected those arguments. He said that he would regularly get hit, tackled, and "executed" off the line of scrimmage and never got calls. He smartly didn't say the same about Brady and the calls he may have gotten.

It is impossible to know which team got many controversial calls going in favor or against them over a span of multiple years. Yet, it's clear that this so-called controversy between the Chiefs and the officials has gotten to new heights, being discussed on TV and social media regularly.

The Chiefs indeed benefitted from two big calls in their last two outings. The defensive pass interference call against the Bengals in Week 2 helped the Chiefs get into field goal range and win, while a much more obvious one wasn't called on Bryan Cook on Sunday. Whether Kansas City consistently gets more calls in their favor than any other team, however, is an unprovable claim. As long as Patrick Mahomes & Co. continues winning, those accusations are not going anywhere.

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