Well, the Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl. But I have to say that watching the Cincinnati game that got them here had to have produced several heart attacks. For one thing, even normal penalties took on whole new meanings and the loud noise at the stadium even caused Twitter to light up with all sorts of nonsense on the play where the down had to be replayed. “And here’s Mahomes on 5th and 9,” said one person on Twitter. When we finally got to see the ref running onto the field waving his arms I relaxed a little because I, a die-hard Chiefs fan, was going to have problems defending that call come Monday.
But the criticism came pouring in regardless. Safe to say if you were a Bengals fan, you probably took offense to any call made. One guy on Twitter took it to a new level when he said: “And it looks like the refs are going to declare they’ve found classified documents on the Bengals’ side-line.” I didn’t check to see if he was a Bengals fan or not – I just laughed. And, don’t get me started on the penalty that basically ended the game: I feel bad for number 58, but you can bet your bottom dollar the same roughing penalty would have been called against the Chiefs if that was Joe Cool taking the out-of-bounds push. Really, I didn’t think the game was officiated all that poorly for once. And, I can’t think of a penalty that really turned the game for us: we blew every opportunity given and either ended up kicking the ball away or losing more yards as a result. As far as that last penalty call, I am of the belief that if you give Patrick Mahomes a football, it is more than likely he will be able to find a way to get the 15 yards with at least one down to play with than not. Knowing how Reid tends to operate, it might have been a touch-down instead of kicking for a field goal. No, Cincinnati had their chances and blew them, just like KC blew their chances in the previous match-ups with them. There is no shame in that: Joe Burrow has a great arm.
But he’s not Patrick Mahomes. Go Chiefs!
