It’s never good when you all want to talk to us,” Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira joked Thursday before sitting down for the network’s media day at the Super Bowl. The theory that NFL officials go out of their way to favor the Chiefs has steadily spread as Kansas City approaches its third consecutive Super Bowl.

Allegations of NFL referees favoring Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs have fueled online conspiracy theories, but FOX’s Mike Pereira and other officiating experts say there’s no evidence of bias.

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