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Patrick Mahomes says he regrets his confrontation with Josh Allen and officials after the Chiefs’ 20-17 defeat to the Bills on Sunday.
A broadcaster caught the Chiefs’ quarterback telling Allen: “Wildest fucking call I’ve ever seen. Offensive offsides on that play, man. Fucking terrible.”
Mahomes was apologetic on Monday. “More than anything, I regretted the way I acted toward Josh [Allen] after the game, because he had nothing to do with it,” Mahomes said on Monday in an interview with 610 Sports Radio in Kansas City.
“Obviously you don’t want to react that way; I mean, I care, man. I love it – I love this game, and I love my teammates. I want to go out there and put everything on the line to win, but obviously you can’t do that, can’t be that way toward officials or really anybody in life,” Mahomes said.
Mahomes was frustrated after a go-ahead touchdown was ruled out by officials on Sunday after Kadarius Toney was called for an offside penalty. Toney caught a lateral pass from Travis Kelce – who had received a pass from Mahomes – and ran the ball in for a score that almost certainly would have won the game.
After three successive incompletions to end the game, Mahomes turned his ire towards the officials, on the field and in the post-game press conference.
“I mean it’s obviously tough to swallow, not only for me but just for football in general; to take away greatness like that for a guy like Travis [Kelce] to make a play like that, and who knows if we win,” Mahomes said. “I mean they’re human, they make mistakes, but it’s every week we’re talking about something and all I can do is go out there and give everything I have and I’m proud of the guys, that’s what we did and it was a great football game that ended – another great football game that just ended like that it’s just tough.”
Mahomes also acknowledged that the officials’ call on Toney was correct. “Obviously I’ve seen it now,…
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Author : The Guardian
Publish date : 2023-12-12 19:23:18
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