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But while the Bills looked sharp on all sides of the ball, they were comparably sloppy in the eyes of the officials. In rainy conditions on Sunday Night Football, the Bills went into Kansas City and walloped the Chiefs 38-20. With reffing, sometimes the shorter the article, the better!For the fourth consecutive week, the Buffalo Bills took care of their opponent. In “Buffalo Bills Rulings Review”, Buffalo Fanatics‘ resident referee addresses the most consequential decisions from each Buffalo Bills game – whether they were right or wrong, no matter which team they benefitted. A fter each game, Blake Parnham breaks down the performance of the third team on the field: the men and women in stripes.
The Bills had none on that side of the ball.I’d be lying if I said I was surprised with the volume of penalties on Sunday Night. Additionally, the Chiefs had one five-yard offsides infraction on special teams. Kansas City had five offensive penalties for 35 yards, and only one 15-yarder on defense (which we’ll talk about later). What’s more, there were three additional penalties against the Bills, which were declined.Buffalo committed three offensive penalties for 36 yards and seven defensive penalties for 67.
The Bills-Chiefs game had the most accepted penalty yards of any game during week 5. However, the amount and imbalance of penalties was talked about for weeks.Nerds like me who follow NFL officiating knew that Cheffers and his crew would be on our screens a lot on Sunday Night. Admittedly, this was an “All-Star” crew of officials, not Cheffers’s regular season crew. There were 15 accepted penalties for 158 yards, with 11 (for 120) going against Kansas City. In it, his crew was widely criticized for how frequently they threw the flags. The league rewarded him with the Super Bowl assignment.
The only issue was that Robinson had his hands all over White’s jersey. He cut to his left and used his elite speed to reach the outside, and picked up a nice gain due to a downfield block by wide receiver Demarcus Robinson on Tre’Davious White. He handed the ball off to wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who was in the backfield. This was the first on Kansas City.On this play, quarterback Patrick Mahomes was in shotgun. To this point, there had already been three flags on the Bills defense. Q1, 10:37.This was the call that had Sean McDermott furious.
It was a penalty on Kansas City, they gained yards and still kept the first down? Yes. Cheffers said it was a “ten yard penalty, repeat first down.” Had he said it was a ten yard penalty from the spot of the foul, perhaps McDermott and the Mafia wouldn’t have been so incensed.The next play was a 1st and 5. This is why articulating the infraction is so important for officials, and one of the reasons why referee Ed Hochuli was so popular.
They faced a 3rd and 1, and executed a short yardage play that they had been setting up for all season. Q1, 3:49.Already up and deep in Kansas City territory, the Bills were looking to add to their lead. Offensive Holding, Buffalo. First and five from the 23. The officials brought the ball back ten yards from the spot of the foul, and repeated the first down.
The drive was dead.Bradley Gelber on Twitter: “This was the roughing the passer call on Ed Oliver that gave KC a first down. The only thing worse was that, on the very next play, Josh Allen committed intentional grounding. It sucks, because it was entirely unnecessary from the left tackle and wiped out a big gain. Rather than having him block, they handed Moss the ball and he sprung through a massive gap on the left side for a big gain.The only issue is that after Moss broke free, Dion Dawkins stuck out his left arm and tugged the shoulder pad of defensive lineman Frank Clark.
4: Offensive Holding, Buffalo. (See you in a minute for #5). I would have hated it if it benefitted the Bills. But I really didn’t like this penalty. The last thing any fan wants to see is a knee or shoulder injury to a star. Pic.twitter.com/TTQ9yvj6kwI know that officials protect quarterbacks as much as they can, especially the elite ones, like Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes.
Check it out for yourself. It should have been a first down, but the referees felt Mitch Morse held his opponent. It was a 3rd and 9, and Allen scrambled for ten.
However, I thought it was more of a foul than the one on Oliver.The announcing crew disagreed with me. I didn’t think it should have been called. The hit wasn’t late, and there could be an argument that Clark drove Allen into the turf. At least he was consistent.Frank Clark hit Allen right in the chest and landed on top of him.
As critical as I was about these penalties, I honestly thought there could have been more, which is not a comment I expected to make about a game with twenty-three flags. Moreover, the media has been largely critical about one of the roughing-the-passer penalties, but not the other.Overall, I thought the officials had a poor and inconsistent game, but there is only so much space here. However, after the penalty on Oliver a few minutes earlier, which I thought was a worse call, Colinsworth agreed. Upon seeing the review for the first time, Al Michaels shouted “really!?” in disbelief, almost as if he was betraying his rooting interests for a brief second.
Fortunately, the Bills and Titans have been assigned Clete Blakeman and his crew. If nothing else, hopefully this Sunday Night game will demonstrate that – even though they should be – not all officiating crews see the same calls the same way. Referee assignments come out every Wednesday, so look to see who the Bills and Titans will have. The referees can’t call everything, and with the rain delay adding on, we’d probably still be watching the game if they did.Next week, the Bills play on Monday Night Football against the Tennessee Titans. But, then again, there were also several on Kansas City as well. In fact, there were a few times I felt Buffalo’s secondary could have been called for holding.
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