Some may continue to suggest that the Kansas City Chiefs have received favorable treatment from officials after the AFC Championship Game.
On Sunday, the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 32-29, making their fifth Super Bowl in six years. However, two questionable calls may have flipped the momentum toward K.C.
On a 3rd-and-5 at Buffalo’s 29-yard line late in the second quarter, officials ruled Chiefs rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy had joint possession with Bills safety Cole Bishop on quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ heave. By rule, the offense keeps the ball. The call stood after Buffalo’s challenge.
“It is simultaneous possession, but it boils down to simultaneous control, and it was not that,” a coach told The Athletic’s Mike Sando in a piece published Monday. “The Buffalo defender caught the ball between his two arms, and the Kansas City player only had one. The ball touching the ground becomes immaterial; there was not enough movement for loss of control. I think they took the easy way out, letting it stand.”
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