{"id":97270,"date":"2023-12-12T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=97270"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:18:14","slug":"chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-hc-andy-reid-take-issue-with-offensive-offsides-call-in-loss-to-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/mlb\/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-hc-andy-reid-take-issue-with-offensive-offsides-call-in-loss-to-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, HC Andy Reid take issue with offensive offsides call in loss to Bills "},"content":{"rendered":"

Reigning NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes blew up on the sidelines following Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills, irate at an offensive offsides penalty called on Kansas City receiver Kadarius Toney that wiped out a Chiefs touchdown.<\/p>\n

The venting continued after the contest. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“I mean it’s obviously tough to swallow, not only for me but just for football in general; to take away greatness like that for a guy like Travis (Kelce) to make a play like that, and who knows if we win,” Mahomes said, via the team’s official transcript. “I know as fans you want to see the guys on the field decide the game and that’s why last week I didn’t say anything about the flag that didn’t get called on Marquez (Valdes-Scantling). I mean they’re human, they make mistakes but it’s every week we’re talking about something and all I can do is go out there and give everything I have and I’m proud of the guys, that’s what we did and it was a great football game that ended — another great football game that just ended like that it’s just tough — tough to swallow.”<\/p>\n

With 1:25 left in the contest from midfield, Mahomes found Kelce wide-open for a chunk gain. The tight end caught it in stride, weaving toward the field’s middle. With three Bills players closing in, Kelce made the ballsy decision to lateral the pigskin to Toney, who scampered in for the would-be touchdown.<\/p>\n

The ridiculous play would all be for naught. Toney was flagged at the start of the play for lining up in the neutral zone. A potential lead with 1:12 left was wiped out.<\/p>\n

Three incomplete Mahomes passes later, the Bills were kneeling out the victory.<\/p>\n

“Very disappointed that it ended the way it did,” Reid said. “Normally I’ll get — I never use any of this as excuses, but normally I get a warning before something like that happens in a big game. (It’s) a bit embarrassing in the National Football League for that to take place\u2026<\/p>\n

“I’ve been in the league a long time and I haven’t had one like that. So, not where, at least in that kind of position there where it is not given a heads up to.”<\/p>\n

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