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Patrick Mahomes walked back his sideline and postgame outbursts following the Chiefs’ loss to the Bills on Sunday, apologizing for his reaction to an offside call made against Kadarius Toney in the fourth quarter of the game.
The Chiefs quarterback yelled at officials from the sideline in the waning moments of Sunday’s game before complaining to Josh Allen about the offside call officials made on Toney that wiped away a touchdown that would’ve given Kansas City a late lead. He told Allen during his postgame handshake that Toney’s penalty was the “wildest f—ing call I’ve ever seen,” adding that it was “f—ing terrible.”
“Obviously, you don’t ever want to react that way,” Mahomes said in an interview with 610 Sports in Kansas City of his postgame outbursts. “I care, man. I love it. I love this game. I love my teammates. I want to go out there, put everything on the line to win. But obviously can’t do that, can’t be that way towards officials or really anybody in life. I’ll probably regret acting like that.
“But more than anything I regret the way I acted towards Josh after the game because he had nothing to do with it. I was still hot and emotional, but you can’t do that, man. It’s not a great example for kids watching the game. So I was more upset about that than I was about me on the sidelines.”
Toney was called for offside on a play that he coincidentally scored on, but not by design. After Mahomes threw a pass down the field to Travis Kelce, the tight end got well into field-goal range with his reception. But Kelce threw the ball from the Bills’ 20-yard line back to the 25-yard line to Toney, who caught Kelce’s lateral and ran the rest of the way for a score that would’ve put the Chiefs up, 23-20, with 1:12 remaining.
Mahomes was upset that the penalty wiped away a unique, game-changing touchdown and with the procedure the officials took calling the penalty on Toney when he spoke to reporters on Sunday.
“It’s obviously tough to swallow,” Mahomes said. “Not…
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Publish date : 2023-12-12 18:56:44
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