Patrick Mahomes: Game Manager

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

No, I disagree drastically. Smith took a full run and absolutely DRILLED a stationary player on purpose. They have to protect offensive linemen there.


Again, disagree. Van Noy came running in AFTER the officials began separating players, and head butted Kelce in the helmet.



In all, the officiating crew missed some big things on both ends. You can point to 6 points and a possession off the board for the Chiefs and make a good case the bad holding calls and missed tripping penalty were more impactful than anything that went the Chiefs' way.

Take away either of the holds on Smith and the Chiefs go into halftime up 21-7. Call the trip in the end zone and give KC a safety to go up 19-7 with the ball and about 10 minutes left in the game. At BEST for Baltimore, the Chiefs kill about 2.5 minutes of clock in that spot. But considering KC probably starts with a little better field position (say, the 37 instead of the 25) and only needs about 25-30 yards to get into make-able FG range, it could have been a lot worse.

The one illegal contact/hold they say they missed on Likely was the right call as it happened before Lamar threw it and he was outside of the pocket which negates holding or illegal contact.