Roger Goodell defends the referees’ call after Patrick Mahomes’ outburst
Roger Goodell and Patrick Mahomes.
Getty Images (2)NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is “incredibly proud” of the game officials after a penalty call by the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes to become extremely upset after his team’s loss on Sunday, December 10.
‘That’s their job: to call when a foul has been committed. There was no doubt about this violation. It was absolutely the right choice,” Goodell, 64, said during a press conference on Wednesday, December 13, during the league’s winter meetings. Yahoo Sports. “If you don’t call it that, obviously we would also have been subject – our officials would have been subject – to criticism.”
While Goodell acknowledged that “no man” is “perfect,” he fully stood by the controversial pre-snap penalty.
“I find it ironic that I’m standing here answering a question about when the officials were right, and they’re being criticized,” he continued, adding that “everyone” in the sports community “recognizes that the officials were absolutely right. .”
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Referees overturned the Chiefs’ touchdown in the final two minutes of their game against the Buffalo Bills after determining a wide receiver Kadarius Toney was offside after a lateral pass from tight end Travis Kelce. The result led to the Chiefs losing by a final score of 20 to 17, marking their second defeat in two weeks.
The 28-year-old Mahomes took the call particularly hard and could be seen yelling about the decision on the field. After the game, the athlete was caught on camera telling off Bill’s quarterback Josh Allen, “The wildest king call I have ever seen. Offensive offside on that play, man, terrible.’
A day after the game, Mahomes apologized for his hot-headed behavior during an interview with 610 Sports Radio in Kansas City.
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Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images“I regret acting the way I did, but most of all I regret the way I acted towards Josh after the game because he had nothing to do with it,” Mahomes said. “I was still excited and emotional, but you can’t do that, man. It’s not a good example for kids watching the game, so I was more upset about that than myself on the sidelines.
While the Texas native acknowledged that “things like that happen” in the NFL, he assured that his response came from a place of deep caring.
“I love it. I love this game, I love my teammates, I want to go out there and risk everything to win,” he continued. basically anyone in life.”
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There don’t seem to be any hard feelings between the quarterbacks. Allen responded to the meeting with Mahomes after practice on Wednesday.
“I was like, ‘It’s football, it’s a game of emotion,’” Allen said per Sports illustrated. “I know he didn’t mean anything by it, and I know the cameras caught the last few seconds of what we were talking about. But he is an ultimate competitor. He wants to win and that’s why he is who he is.”