Anyone searching for additional evidence that NFL referees have given Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes favored nation status among all players may have found it on Monday night.
Late in the first quarter on a 3rd-and-goal, Patrick Mahomes threw a two-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce, who ran the ball in for a touchdown. However, there was a flag on the play. Several Chiefs players seemed unshocked by the flag and immediately ran over to argue their case for why there shouldn’t be a penalty.
However, upon reviewing the play, it is clear that Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster ran a pick play on the Jaguars defender, and the flag thrown on the play should not have been picked up.
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