We get the most notorious ref for the AFC Championship Game

Clete Blakeman 

Rejoice NFL fans! 

There will be plenty of flags o plenty

Clete's crew has thrown the most flags this season

Enjoy the game 

Interesting Which Does that favor the over or under?

Record with Clete Blakeman as the head official:

Chiefs: 5-5
Bills: 6-2

Depends how he calls it . If alot of DPI then that would favor the offense. Haven't looked deeper into his total trend, but I think at one time he had a nice Over run. I'm sure the Over will be a popular bet in this one based on past meetings 

The article I read had 6-5 for Chiefs but not much difference. This will be interesting. Sometimes you don't really know which way Clete's whistle blows lol. If that's the case it makes me wanna pick Bills. It looks like Bills is the top consensus pick hmmm. 

@Digitalkarma

 Great thread, good read... keep 'em coming. Josh Allen beats the Golden Boy, Reid, and swiftties, going to be something intriguing here.

Thanks for the info.  Anyone else looking at a Buff +8/DC +12.5 tease?

Could sure use a little spice to stir things up . I certainly wouldn't want to see something like LeBron making 8 straight conference finals and 8 straight finals appearances in the NFL. 

Now we're at 7 straight conference finals and possibly trip #5 to the Super Bowl. Brady went to 5 conference finals and 4 Super Bowls in the same time period.

@Digitalkarma

 Looks like Bills teaser with Eagles down or Washington up....

@Digitalkarma

 Thanks for letting us know, i was waiting to hear who was assigned. 

Oh yeah, Ravens bounced out Patriots in that AFC Final, 28-13. Luckily, I had your Ravens in that game.

Buffalo/Kansas City game is tough for me to a side, for sure.  

Interesting 

Yes,

According to an article at SI.com

”…..Clete Blakeman, the ref assigned to the game, led the NFL in calling unnecessary roughness penalties in 2024……”

According to NFLPENALTIES.com the Bills were +198 net penalty yards for the season.    The Chiefs were +73.

biggest winner was the Vikes +415, biggest loser was Ravens -367

Refs will bail out KC with PI calls

Mahomes will fake another injury

Ref will throw a 15 yard personal foul on Bills who touched Mahomes after he threw a pass

KC wins by 3

Gold sheet has him 6-5 for KC games.

Action network has 7-4 for Myhomie & 6-2 for Josh 

Dart throwing haha 

“crew” ?? Why do people think head refs have the same crews that they had all year? That would be a travesty considering how many awful calls his crew made all season. But I still don’t understand how he has earned this. 

What they actually do is a tier system that picks the best of the best refs. They mix and match for the playoffs and superbowl.  Downside some people would say less chemistry. Upside is you’re taking the best possible refs and putting them on the field.  

@RXistrash

 Interesting that the only ref crew that was the same regular season crew last week was the Bills / Ravens game....

Now that is strange. I call for an investigation immediately.  Rigged.  Jk.  

@SexyChoc

Refs will bail out KC with PI calls

Mahomes will fake another injury

Ref will throw a 15 yard personal foul on Bills who touched Mahomes after he threw a pass

KC wins by 3

 Holy crap! This is exactly how his games end you just forgot to add this to the most likely outcome .

Ref will throw a 15 yard personal foul on Bills who touched Mahomes after he threw a pass on 4th and long and trailing by four with a minute left only to score a touchdown with no time left.

KC wins by 3

There!.......fixed it for you