Referee Assignment for AFC Championship Game Could Spell Trouble for Chiefs

Referee Assignment for AFC Championship Game Could Spell Trouble for Chiefs


Referee assignments should make no difference in playoff games, but it’s 2025, and Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are in the AFC Championship Game, so here we are.

Fresh off a Divisional Round game against Houston, in which the Chiefs benefitted from three highly controversial calls, the defending Super Bowl champs will host the Buffalo Bills at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Clete Blakeman will serve as the head referee.

If you believe that NFL referees are in the tank for the Chiefs ( and if you don’t, why don’t you?), this assignment may give you some cause for optimism.

Blakeman’s crew called the most penalties of any officiating crew in the NFL, averaging 15.8 per game. However, Blakeman won’t be assisted by his regular

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