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Dan Lyons

NFL Fans Irate After Chiefs Benefit From Another Soft Penalty to Start Super Bowl

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown jostles with Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie during Super Bowl LIX. | via Fox

It didn't take long for the referees to become part of the story at Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

On fourth-and-2 from the 50-yard-line, the Eagles dialed up a deep shot, with Jalen Hurts hitting A.J. Brown in stride down the sideline for what should have been an 18-yard gain to put Philadelphia in Chiefs territory.

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