{"id":11130,"date":"2025-01-19T15:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11130"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T15:22:44","slug":"hot-news-chiefs-starter-fires-back-after-texans-complain-about-nfl-referees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11130","title":{"rendered":"HOT NEWS: Chiefs Starter Fires Back After Texans Complain About NFL Referees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jaylen-Watson2-e1737266337399.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jaylen-Watson2-e1737266337399.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jaylen-Watson2-e1737266337399.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jaylen-Watson2-e1737266337399.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Starter Fires Back After Texans Complain About NFL Referees\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Jaylen Watson had a message for sore losers after the Divisional Round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The NFL officials took a lot of heat for a few of the calls during the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 victory over the Houston Texans, and rising star defensive end Will Anderson was particularly vocal in his criticism of the referees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew it was going to be us versus the refs going into this game,\u201d Anderson told reporters on January 18. He went on to state that the Texans defense must do \u201cmuch better\u201d to account for that disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson wasn\u2019t alone in this opinion \u2014 that the NFL helped Kansas City win another game, so Chiefs cornerback Jaylen Watson addressed any and all sore losers on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I miss when grown men took they losses like a man a new day and age though\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wat\u2019s Island\ud83c\udfdd (@JaylenWatson12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaylenWatson12\/status\/1880827840062693823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"8053e76a9b86553b7b102aeb5fc23c97\">\n<div>\n<article>I miss when grown men took they losses like a man a new day and age though\u2026<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI miss when grown men took they losses like a man a new day and age though\u2026\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n<p>His post quickly caught fire, with over 9,000 likes since last night around 11 p.m. (EST).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Stats Say Chiefs Don\u2019t Benefit From NFL Officiating<\/h2>\n<p>When one team keeps winning, the most common explanation is to blame the referees and say the league is rigged. For years, fans said the exact same thing about Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>But what do the statistics say?<\/p>\n<p>According to The 33rd Team, the Chiefs have not benefitted from NFL officiating. In fact, the statistics actually yield the opposite conclusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chiefs have actually gotten the fewest help from the refs since Mahomes became the starting QB <\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, Kansas City ranks:<\/p>\n<p>1st in Total Penalty Yards<br \/>21st in Total Penalty Margin<br \/>32nd in Offensive Penalties Committed EPA<br \/>31st in Defensive Penalties Committed EPA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7JnRuFmrgB\">https:\/\/t.co\/7JnRuFmrgB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKgyEPYHSY\">pic.twitter.com\/zKgyEPYHSY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The33rdTeamFB\/status\/1880802148767896001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chiefs have actually gotten the fewest help from the refs since [Patrick] Mahomes became the starting QB,\u201d The 33rd Team posted after KC\u2019s victory over the Texans on January 18. \u201cSince 2018, Kansas City ranks: 1st in Total Penalty Yards, 21st in Total Penalty Margin, 32nd in Offensive Penalties Committed EPA [expected points added], 31st in Defensive Penalties Committed EPA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, is it possible some of these numbers are skewed in different ways? Sure. But it\u2019s also very possible that opinions become jaded and biased over time.<\/p>\n<p>Long-time head coach Mike Tomlin said it best when the Pittsburgh Steelers got knocked out in the Wild Card Round last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly disappointing to be conducting this business today, but I don\u2019t view it as misfortune to be quite honest with you,\u201d Tomlin said on January 14. Adding: \u201cParticularly at this level, in this business and game, there\u2019s football justice. You get what you deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And by that thought process, football \u201cinjustice\u201d is typically overblown.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chiefs Kingdom Reacts to Referee Quote From Texans Star Will Anderson<\/h2>\n<p>The NFL community may have sided with Anderson after the game \u2014 for the most part \u2014\u00a0but Chiefs Kingdom obviously backed KC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an embarrassing quote from a player who played as well as Anderson Jr. did,\u201d commented A-to-Z Sports Kansas City reporter Charles Goldman.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Arrowhead Pride film analyst Ron Kopp Jr. reacted: \u201cThis mentality is why y\u2019all are losers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single Texans player and coach seemed to go into the game ready to blame the refs,\u201d KC radio host Cody Tapp reiterated, echoing Kopp.<\/p>\n<p>And popular Chiefs fan account \u201cBird Law Expert\u201d wrote: \u201cOur opponents are so worried about the refs that they forget how to play football. It\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one popular KC fan response joked: \u201cWell bless his heart. Those refs made them give up 8 sacks, miss 2 field goals and an extra point. They should be ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the calendar turns the page to January 19, the Chiefs will wait patiently as they find out their next opponent. That will be decided tonight, on January 19, as the Baltimore Ravens head to Buffalo to take on the Bills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Texans criticized the NFL officials after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated them during the Divisional Round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HOT NEWS: Chiefs Starter Fires Back After Texans Complain About NFL Referees - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=11130\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HOT NEWS: Chiefs Starter Fires Back After Texans Complain About NFL Referees - 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