Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was clearly upset with the officials after an offsides penalty against receiver Kadarius Toney nullified a go-ahead touchdown.
Mahomes’ frustration did not subside after the game, even when talking with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
As Mahomes and Allen embraced, the Kansas City quarterback was heard telling his Buffalo counterpart that the penalty on Toney was “The wildest ******* call I’ve ever seen.”
As Mahomes walked away from Allen, he added that the call was “******* terrible.” The video was shared on Twitter/X by Thad Brown of Rochester’s CBS affiliate, WROC.
While embracing Josh Allen after the game, Patrick Mahomes called the offsides penalty against Kadarius Toney "The wildest f*****g call I've ever seen."
He added that it was "f*****g terrible."pic.twitter.com/pv62Rctgzi
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 11, 2023
It briefly looked as though the Chiefs had taken a lead over the Bills with just over one minute remaining in the game. Mahomes hit Travis Kelce for a big gain. Kelce then ran toward the middle of the field and tossed the ball to Toney, who ran into the end zone for a touchdown. Allen even praised the call, calling it “the ballsiest play I’ve ever seen.”
But Kansas City’s joy was short-lived. The penalty was nullified due to a rare offensive offsides call against Toney. Mahomes threw three incomplete passes after, resulting in a turnover on downs, which allowed Buffalo to run out the clock.
And while Toney earned a lot of criticism for his mistake, Mahomes turned his ire to the officials. First, he had to be restrained by teammates and coaches while yelling at an official.
The penalty was not debatable. Toney was offsides. Mahomes later complained that normally teams are given a warning about offensive offsides before they are flagged.
NFL senior VP of officiating Walt Anderson and referee Carl Cheffers both defended the call, saying that Toney’s offsides was “egregious.”
Mahomes afterwards at the podium: Disappointed, wants to see it decided on the field, says officials are human an make mistakes, but it's tough. Adds, he's never had offensive offsides called in his 7 year career and there was no warning throughout the entire game. #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/Bdw1cHudlM
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) December 11, 2023
The pool report with NFL senior VP of officiating Walt Anderson and referee Carl Cheffers on the offside penalty on Kadarius Toney and the upheld catch by Latavius Murray.
Short version: no rule requiring official to notify receiver they are offsides and this was "egregious." pic.twitter.com/8h1GrrU9F7
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) December 11, 2023
[Harold R. Kuntz on Twitter/X, Matt Derrick on Twitter/X]
[Photo Credit: Thad Brown, WROC on Twitter/X]
