Chiefs saved by another controversial call to stay undefeated

This one didn’t help calm the “Chiefs get all the calls” narrative.Kansas City used a controversial non-call Sunday night to escape with a 22-17 road win over the Falcons, just one week after a late pass interference set up a game-winning field goal against the Bengals.The Chiefs (3-0) appeared to get away with a pass interference on tight end Kyle Pitts in the end zone on a third-and-5 with less than five minutes to go while nursing a five-point lead.Falcons coach Raheem Morris seemed quite tiffed with the referees’ inaction.“I like my money,” Morris said.“I like my money that Arthur Blank gives me.

I’m very smart enough to be aware enough to talk about officials.They made the call or they didn’t make the call, it is what it is.

We had a chance to win the football game on the last play of the game.”The back-to-back champion Chiefs are in that territory where they’re believed to be benefactors of each call, with plenty of notable flags or non-flags going their way in recent years.The fourth-down defensive pass interference in Week 2 allowed them to avoid an upset and this non-call saved them from another upset Sunday, although the Falcons had other chances to win.With the Falcons at the Chiefs’ six-yard line with a little more than four minutes remaining, quarterback Kirk Cousins lofted a pass to Pitts in the end zone.As Pitts came back to the ball, Chiefs safety Bryan Cook clearly got a hand around Pitts’ waist and made contact before the ball arrived.Pitts could not corral the pass, and the Falcons ultimately turned the ball over on downs.“That is a real-time call that officials have to make a judgment on,” referee Tra Blake said in a pool report, according to NFL Network.“From the angle that they had at the time, they did not feel there was a foul committed.”He added: “We do the best we can to make that decision.”Cousins wished he could have a do-over while referencing how there potentially could have been a flag.“I didn...