Patrick Mahomes responds to NFL refereeing favoritism allegations after questionable penalties

Patrick Mahomes certainly has no reason to complain.The Chiefs’ three-time super Bowl champion quarterback downplayed the prevailing public sentiment that he and his Kansas City teammates have routinely benefitted from a generous whistle from the referees, including during Saturday’s divisional-round win over the Texans.Mahomes induced two questionable 15-yard penalties during Saturday’s 23-14 win that helped lead to 10 points spanning two drives.“I‘ve kind of learned that no matter what happens during the game, that something’s going to come out about it if you win and you continue to win, so I don’t really pay attention to it,” Mahomes told 96.5 The Fan, as transcribed by The Kansas City Star.“I mean, obviously I’ve been on both sides of it as far as how I felt the calls were made, but at the end of the day, man, those guys are doing their best to make the best calls and keep it to where the players are making the plays in the game.

“And that’s what decides the outcome.And obviously there was a call here or there that people didn’t agree with, but at the same time, I think there was a lot of other plays that really decided the outcome of that football game.”Like the Patriots before them, fans are convinced that the league’s dynasty team is receiving more than its fair share of generous calls from the zebras.Mahomes, in particular, is known to benefit from some of those 50-50 calls on hits that some have speculated would go uncalled against quarterbacks of lesser stature.Several Houston players even acknowledged that they believed they weren’t playing just 11 vs.

11 while trying to take down the back-to-back champs.“We knew it was going to be us versus the refs going into this game,” Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr.said, according to the Houston Chronicle.The Texans had reason to feel that way after two big calls went against them, the first a roughing the passer call against Anderson that wiped out a third-down incomp...