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The NFL has fined Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes for comments they made about officiating following last Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
Reid was fined $100,000 for public criticism of game officials and Mahomes was fined $50,000 for criticizing officials as well as unsportsmanlike conduct for using offensive language toward officials.
Reid and Mahomes criticized the play in the fourth quarter when officials threw the offensive offside flag to wide receiver Kadarius Toney, eliminating a potential touchdown after tight end Travis Kelce caught a pass and then sent it to Toney, who ran it into the end zone. .
“I’m very disappointed that it ended this way,” Reed said after the match. “Normally I would get — I never use any of this as excuses, but I usually get a warning before something like that happens in a big game. (It’s) a little embarrassing in the NFL for that to happen. … “I’ve been in the league For a long time I have never had one like this. So, not anywhere, at least in that kind of situation over there where I’m not being given a heads up.”
Referee Carl Chivers, who was also the point official in Kansas City’s Super Bowl 57 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, said Toney was “far from offside” and was blocking the referee’s view of the football.
Mahomes, the league’s best player, was seen on the sidelines hitting his helmet and his teammates had to stop him from pursuing the officials. He told Bills quarterback Josh Allen after the game that the call was terrible (“expletive).”
“I played seven years [and] The offensive offside was never called. That elementary school [stuff] We’re talking about. “There was no warning the entire game,” Mahomes said. “And then you wait until there’s a minute left in the game to make a call like that? It’s tough, rough, I’m lost for words. It’s tough, rough, no matter if we win or lose, it’s just the end of another game and we’re talking about the referees. That’s not what we want for the NFL and football.” .
“What you want as a competitor is to train all week to go out and try to win, and you want it to be about your team and that team and seeing what happens. You don’t want to talk about those things after the game. You’re not worried about whether there’s a flag on the next player or anything.” Another, not a science. I want to go out there and play and then see what happens in the end, see what the result is, and then I can live with the results.”
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