Chiefs fans express displeasure with the officiating in KC’s overtime win over Texans
Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was picked up and slammed to the ground, but no penalty was called during Sunday’s game in Houston.
A Texans defender pushed tight end Travis Kelce’s head to the ground and Kelce was flagged for unnecessary roughness for his reaction.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was whipped down and it wasn’t roughing the passer.
There was much for Chiefs fans to be unhappy with about how Sunday’s game against the Texans unfolded, but fans were particularly upset with referee Carl Cheffers and his officiating crew.
The Chiefs were penalized 10 times for 102 yards, while the Texans were flagged four times for 33 yards.
Cheffers has a history of getting under the skin of Chiefs fans. He worked the Chiefs’ playoff loss to the Steelers in 2017 that included a penalty that negated a game-tying two-point conversion. He was also booed endlessly by Chiefs fans during a Monday night game against the Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium.
Sunday’s game was in Houston, but Chiefs fans were still booing him. Here is what was said on Twitter and Facebook.
“That was a stupid game,” a fan wrote on Facebook. “Mainly because of the 1,000,000 flags for nothing.”
Another shared this: “That should not have been so hard. There was some pretty interesting officiating going on.”
“Referees were horrendous!!!!” a fan wrote on Facebook.
Another wrote: “Let’s be honest, the officiating was not good!!! Totally lopsided.”
“Carl cheffers crew should not be allowed to ref any more chiefs games this year,” a fan wrote on Facebook. “Very obvious his crew is still upset with what happened in arrowhead. That was a joke NFL.”
This story was originally published December 18, 2022 at 3:22 PM.
