Mahomes, Reid criticize offside call that negated Kelce lateral TD - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For a second straight week, a frustrated Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were left «talking about the refs,» this time after an offside penalty call on wide receiver Kadarius Toney negated what would have been an epic finish versus the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The penalty wiped out a 49-yard touchdown that featured a cross-field lateral from tight end Travis Kelce to Toney. The play would have given the Chiefs the lead with just more than a minute remaining.

Instead, they wound up turning the ball over on downs after the penalty and lost 20-17 for their second straight defeat.

Mahomes said a receiver is usually warned before given an offside penalty. He said Toney was never warned.

«I've played seven years [and] never had offensive offside called,'' Mahomes said. „That's elementary school [stuff] we're talking about. There was no warning throughout the entire game. Then you wait until there's a minute left in the game to make a call like that? It's tough. Lost for words. It's tough. Regardless if we win or lose, just the end of another game and we're talking about the refs. It's just not what we want for the NFL and for football.

“What you want as a competitor is you practice all week to go out there and try to win, and you want it to be about your team and that team and see what happens. You don't want to be talking about this stuff after the game. I'm not worried about if there was a flag on the next player or whatever, not a flag. I want to go out there and play and then see what happens at the end, see what the score is, and then I can live with the results.''

Mahomes was visibility heated on the sidelines, yelling at the officials about the call as the Bills wound down the clock after taking the