NEW ORLEANS — It's not like the Kansas City Chiefs can escape the talk about officiating heading into Super Bowl LIX.
Even if they missed the constant complaints from fans and social media memes about how officials favored the Chiefs, they've been asked about it during the week. So has NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who said it was a "ridiculous theory" that officials favored Kansas City. Chiefs owner Clark Hunt stated the obvious, that there's no conspiracy theory and that you "almost have to laugh at it." The NFL Referees Association chimed in too, saying the chatter was "insulting and preposterous.