Yes Patrick Mahomes didnt have his usual stellar game but he was going against the greatest coach in NFL History in Bill Belichick with no Cam Newton but as Mahomes said in his tweet how about that defense though but people are criticizing Mahomes for flopping and accusing him from instead of having a fumble he took a sack that the referees help. First the media loved Steph Curry than hated him and here its Mahomes turn mayne its because he supported Black Lives matter It was a sack here’s from ESPN
Patrick Mahomes was ‘controlled quite a bit,’ referee says, on controversial first-half play that aided Kansas City Chiefs
ADAM TEICHERESPN Staff Writer11:41 PM ET3 Minute Read
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Referee Tony Corrente said Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was “being controlled quite a bit” as the reason that a key play in Monday’s game against the New England Patriots was ruled a sack and not a fumble.https://5a8867c1222293ae1e37e82b4b4cbd92.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html?n=0
The Chiefs went on to win 26-10, but the play happened at a juncture in the second quarter when the game was still in doubt. Kansas City led 6-3 at the time.
The ruling allowed the Chiefs to punt from their own 35 with less than six minutes left in the half, rather than having the Patriots take possession deep in Kansas City’s end of the field. Replays showed that Mahomes lost the ball before going to the ground.
“As he was being controlled, other players were coming in at him,” Corrente said of Mahomes. “And so, with those other players bearing down on him, a quarterback is considered in the grasp, and his forward progress is considered stopped when I feel as though the player’s safety is being jeopardized.
“And that was the case in this instance. So rather than allow him to get hit by a second and third player, we shut it down and considered it forward progress at that point.”
New England was unable to challenge the ruling that Mahomes’ forward progress was stopped.
“He called forward progress, and he was down,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “You can’t challenge that.”
Mahomes said he heard an early whistle during the play, which led him to believe that the play would be ruled a sack and not a fumble.
Mahomes and the Chiefs weren’t sharp offensively until later in the game. The quarterback said the postponement of the game from Sunday to Monday after each team had a positive COVID-19 test might have had an effect. The Chiefs, like the Patriots, were barred from their facility on Saturday.
“You can still find ways to watch film and find ways [to] do stuff like that, but it’s obviously something that we are unprepared for,” Mahomes said. “I didn’t do enough because we didn’t execute at a high enough level, wasn’t able to find the guys, didn’t play very good football. But I thought I did whatever I could to stay in tune with the game.
“Hopefully if this presents itself again — which hopefully it doesn’t — I’ll be able to do better.”
And Fox News accusing him of flopping…. They hate on him like conservatives hated on hippies in the 60s
Patrick Mahomes called out for dramatics during win vs. Patriots
Mahomes was 19-for-29 with 239 passing yards and two touchdown passes
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was playfully jabbed on social media Monday night during his game against the New England Patriots for flopping in front of a defender trying to draw a penalty.
In the fourth quarter with the Chiefs only up by three points, Mahomes was scrambling to the sideline and appeared to flail as he was pushed out of bounds by Patriots defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr.
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The extra bit of acting forced the referees to throw a flag and gave the Chiefs some more yards. Some fans were not as appreciative of the dramatics.
Kansas City would go on to win the game, 26-10.
Mahomes was 19-for-29 with 239 passing yards and two touchdown passes – one to Tyreek Hill and the other to Mecole Hardman.
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The Patriots played both Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham during the game.
Hoyer was 15-for-24 with 130 yards and an interception. He took a bad sack at the end of the first half which negated any chance of the Patriots tying the game going into half time. He was benched during the second half.
Stidham had a touchdown pass but also threw two bad interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown by Tyrann Mathieu.
Damien Harris ran for 100 yards in the game – one of the lone bright spots for New England.
The game was played Monday night after having been moved because of players testing positive for the coronavirus. Cam Newton was reportedly one of those players and he was out for the game.
The Chiefs move to 4-0 on the season. It’s the fourth consecutive time the team has started the season 4-0. The Patriots move to 2-2.Ryan Gaydos is a sports reporter for FoxNews.com and FoxBusiness.com.
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