‘RIGGED!’ NFL Fans Go Ballistic on Refs As Chiefs Beat Texans: ‘Officiating Is Hitting New Lows’
NFL fans who have rooted for any team not called the Kanas City Chiefs have complained all season as the team has advanced for a chance to win a third straight Super Bowl with a lot of luck along the way.
During Saturday night’s home playoff win against the Houston Texans, many of them went ballistic on social media.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was deemed untouchable online over a couple of questionable calls. Some of those calls were head-scratching enough to draw the ire of ESPN commentator Troy Aikman.
Aikman cried foul at one point when two Texans players hit each other, and one of them – Houston linebacker Henry To’oTo’o – was flagged for barely making contact with Mahomes:
While Aikman had his own criticism to dole out, it was nothing compared to the bruising the NFL and Saturday’s officials faced on X:
Kansas City won Saturday’s divisional-round game 23-14 and heads to a sixth straight AFC Championship Game. Houston missed two field goals and an extra point attempt.
