Two former NFL quarterbacks believe Chiefs got hosed by officiating on Thursday
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- Former quarterbacks Orlovsky and Chase Daniel criticized officials for biased calls.
- Chiefs drew ten penalties for 119 yards, including six defensive pass interference flags.
- Some former Chiefs urged restraint, while fans and analysts voiced protest online.
Ten penalties for 119 yards.
That was the final tally for the Chiefs in their 31-28 loss to the Cowboys during Thursday’s game against the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Irving, Texas. Six of those flags were for defensive pass interference (and a seventh was declined by Dallas).
Chiefs fans thought the officiating was, uh, not up to snuff on Thanksgiving Day.
That’s not unusual, right? Fans often believe the officials are out to get their favorite team following a loss.
But here’s the thing: Two former NFL quarterbacks thought the Chiefs got the short end of the stick on Thursday.
Dan Orlovsky, the former Lions quarterback who is now with ESPN, spoke out about the officials on social media.
“The officiating has been very very one sided for Dallas so far,” Orlovsky wrote on X.
Orlovsky wasn’t the only former NFL quarterback to speak out about the officiating.
Chase Daniel, who played for six NFL teams (including the Chiefs), threw out the idea that the NFL was trying to show that the officials are not really biased toward KC.
That’s been a popular social-media theory for the past year, and Daniel wrote on X: “It’s almost like the officiating is trying to prove the national narrative wrong that the Chiefs get all the calls….in front of probably 50 Million people”
Former Chiefs center Tim Grunhard, however, said KC fans shouldn’t complain about the officiating in Thursday’s game.
“Don’t waste your time, Chiefs fans, bitching about calls,” he wrote. “We’re way too good for that bush league crap that 90% of the teams’ fans beat bitch about. Everyone knows how bad it was, but we don’t make excuses in KC.”
This story was originally published November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM.
