It’s true that the judges were right when the Chiefs were mad, but is anyone want this?
The Buffalo Bills have had the most bad luck and sadness of any NFL team. However, the Kansas City Chiefs were given the nastiest, smallest, most insulting, and heartbreaking sentence you have ever seen.
By Sunday, the Chiefs had lost by a shoe size to the Bills because of a stupid offside call that took away all the fun. Then that yellow flag took away all the classic feel of the scene.
Up until that stingy moment, this meeting was full of great writing. Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, two of the league’s most impressive quarterbacks, fought in a high-stakes game that could have playoff implications. Both of them were tougher than field stubble.
Travis Kelce, a tight end, grabbed a 25-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes at Arrowhead Stadium.
The raucous crowd, which was bright red to stand out against the sky, jumped up. Kelce threw a zip-line pass across the field towards wide receiver Kadarius Toney, who twirled into the end zone.
It was so brave that it took your breath away. It was “a legendary moment, man,” Mahomes said.
It not only robbed the Chiefs of a legendary play, but it also took your loving gaze off of the Bills and that slithering Allen during their 20–17 win.
Toney is bending forward to the neutral zone, so that is his shoe. It was such a stupid mistake.
Heck, even Mahomes said it: you learn how to set things up in “elementary school.” But there was also something wrong with the hack who threw that yellow span.
The mistake Toney made couldn’t have had any kind of effect on the play. When was the most recent time you saw someone call offensive offside? It doesn’t happen very often because, most of the time, good leaders warn people.
Andy Reid, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, said it was “very embarrassing to the NFL” that it happened.
“Usually, you get a message if it’s even close.” I’ve been within the league for a long time and have never had a game like that.”
So, instead of being a classic, everything went badly. The red crowd stayed in the bottom level of Arrowhead and booed until it sounded like a single moan.
Meanwhile, Mahomes went on a rage and yelled at the officials so loudly that it took four men to stop him.
When Monday morning comes around, everyone will be arguing about whether the ruling was fair or not. This is just more proof of how overly official and inconsistent NFL refereeing has become; it’s so hard to understand without a Latin dictionary.
Mauers said, “It’s hard to swallow.” “… To take away something so great, for Travis to make that play, you want the players on the field to decide the game.
They are people. They do wrong things. We do talk about something every week, though. Do you make that call at the last minute? It’s time to talk about the refs for another game. We don’t want that for the NFL. We don’t want that for sports.
If it wasn’t the second week within a row that the Chiefs lost because of a call that changed the game, they might not have been so angry about the refs.
A no-call in Green Bay Packers corner Carrington Valentine last week, even though he sacked wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, cost them a 27–19 loss.
The Chiefs were down after the game because they had lost four for their last six games, dropping their record to 8-5. Some of their anger was due to bad luck.
Some teams flex while other teams fold at this time of year. The Chiefs have been clinging to their usual grip on the top spot by the skin of their teeth, and you can almost hear them twitching.