Overview

• ESPN New York’s Don La Greca asserted the league would not allow Kansas City to fall to 0-3, calling it a conspiracy on his radio show.
• He predicted at least three questionable officiating calls would favor the Chiefs and joked that Commissioner Roger Goodell would run onto the field.
• The remarks linked the team’s profile to primetime exposure and Travis Kelce’s high-wattage relationship with Taylor Swift, which La Greca said raises stakes for the league.
• The Chiefs are 0-2 after losses to the Chargers in Brazil and the Eagles, with a Week 3 visit to the Giants set for NBC’s Sunday Night Football at MetLife Stadium.
• Outlets including the New York Post, The US Sun, and Awful Announcing amplified the comments as opinion, and there is no evidence the NFL plans to influence the game.