Andy Reid swiftly kills misguided excuse surrounding Bills' win over Chiefs
The Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17 on Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium. Key word: defeated. However, that's not the tone that's surrounded the game from the perspective of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City fans on social media. Instead, there's been a constant wave of complaints, still photographs, video clips, and ill-advised […]
The Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17 on Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium. Key word: defeated. However, that's not the tone that's surrounded the game from the perspective of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City fans on social media.
Instead, there's been a constant wave of complaints, still photographs, video clips, and ill-advised commentary on NFL rules regarding whether the Chiefs were robbed of a possible victory in the waning stages of the game. This came after Kadarius Toney was flagged for offensive offsides at the start of a play that resulted in Toney trotting into the end zone with the ball for what appeared to be a late go-ahead touchdown.
After Andy Reid's comments on Monday, those complaints should immediately cease. Reid met with the media and clarified that Toney indeed did not look to the sideline and confirm that he was lined up properly before the play began.
"Normally he looks over to the sideline and just gets an OK, and on that one he just happened not to," Reid said. "So that would be the coaching point. Just make sure you check with the guy on the side just to see if you're aligned. I mean, he's not lining up offsides on purpose. Listen, he was just two inches away from – or an inch from – being legal. You can argue both sides of it for both teams. There are things that happen where it just happens like that. I guess the league is just trying to clean that up."
Chiefs fans on social media blew up about Toney allegedly not being given a chance to line up properly, with many assuming or otherwise believing that he had checked with the official. Thus, they felt that the flag that wiped away a highlight reel catch and lateral by Kelce to Toney for a touchdown should not have been thrown.
Well, there it is. The Chiefs' own head coach admitted that his player did not do the very thing that many Chiefs fans claimed caused them to have been robbed. There's absolutely no question that Toney was significantly ahead of the ball. He was in the neutral zone, and it warranted a flag.
Another thing that Chiefs fans seem to have overlooked is that the Buffalo Bills never trailed in the game while leading for most of it. The offense struggled in the second half, but still did just enough to find the game winning points while the defense frustrated Mahomes and the Chiefs enough to secure the win in the second half despite some scares.
Make no mistake: the Bills won this game. The officials didn't take it from Kansas City due to a bad call.
Just take it from Andy Reid.
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