
An NFL playoff game should never be about penalties, but that’s exactly what took over the narrative during the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional round win over the Houston Texas on Saturday.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes received two controversial calls en route to a 23–14 victory, benefitting from soft roughing the passer and unnecessary roughness penalties on the Texans defense. Those calls didn’t directly hand Kansas City its playoff win, but it sure sparked viral outrage over the perception that refs were giving preferential treatment to Mahomes and Co.