{"id":18940,"date":"2025-01-19T00:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18940"},"modified":"2025-01-19T00:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:41:17","slug":"calls-mount-against-nfl-referees-patrick-mahomes-chiefs-bias-as-texans-suffer-multiple-penalties-in-afc-divisional-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18940","title":{"rendered":"Calls Mount Against NFL Referees\u2019 Patrick Mahomes &#038; Chiefs Bias As Texans Suffer Multiple Penalties in AFC Divisional Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">Controversy has erupted during the AFC Divisional Round matchup between the\u00a0<strong>Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Houston Texans<\/strong>. Early in the game, Chiefs quarterback\u00a0<strong>Patrick Mahomes<\/strong>\u00a0benefited from a highly disputed roughing the passer penalty. Texans pass rusher\u00a0<strong>Will Anderson Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0appeared to make minimal contact with Mahomes, yet the flag was thrown. Upon reviewing the play,\u00a0<em>ESPN<\/em>\u2019s Troy Aikman and Russell Yurk both questioned the call, suggesting the hit didn\u2019t warrant a penalty. Aikman even expressed doubts about any helmet-to-helmet contact.<\/p>\n<div id=\"player_stn-player__Dybik\" data-new-ad=\"false\">\n<div class=\"player_stn-head__UHYnK\">\n<div class=\"jsx-4067545003 container\">\n<p class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">This, along with other decisions, has ignited outrage among fans on social media. One user tweeted, \u201cKansas City Chiefs games are unbearable to watch. Referees might as well have on red jerseys \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02,\u201d while another called it \u201c@HoustonTexans referees at it AGAIN! Favoring KC and Bs calls !! Rigged !! Booooo.\u201d Many fans believe the officials are favoring the Chiefs and Mahomes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonTexans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HoustonTexans<\/a> referees at it AGAIN! Favoring KC and Bs calls !! Rigged !! Booooo<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kent Hurst (@Dr_Kent_Hurst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dr_Kent_Hurst\/status\/1880755378121834785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"dom-traversal_domPTag__RMrin\">With Houston attempting to battle back, the spotlight remains on the officiating as the Chiefs continue to hold a slim lead in the second quarter. Fans will be watching closely for any further controversial calls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"new-heading_heading-container__K1E3x\" data-content=\"Watch What\u2019s Trending Now!\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Controversy has erupted during the AFC Divisional Round matchup between the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0and\u00a0Houston Texans. Early in the game, Chiefs quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u00a0benefited from a highly disputed roughing the passer &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18942,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18940\/revisions\/18942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}