{"id":35306,"date":"2025-10-13T03:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35306"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:25:03","slug":"breaking-news-refs-face-backlash-for-travis-kelce-call-against-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=35306","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Refs Face Backlash for Travis Kelce Call Against Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240648467-e1760322951547.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240648467-e1760322951547.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240648467-e1760322951547.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240648467-e1760322951547.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Refs Face Backlash for Travis Kelce Call Against Lions\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><em>Getty Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at Arrowhead Stadium on October 12, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs desperately need to get back in the win column when they host the Detroit Lions in Week 6.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce entered the Sunday Night Football matchup with 22 receptions for 243 yards and two touchdowns on the season. During the Chiefs\u2019 frustrating 31-28 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, Kelce made NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>After catching 7-of-8 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown against Jacksonville, he broke the league record for most receptions by a tight end (1,026) through his first 13 seasons. However, Kelce had nothing to celebrate following the defeat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.www.nfl.com\/image\/upload\/t_editorial_landscape_mobile\/f_auto\/league\/emfiirx3gaxdywepi9dw.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce hits the B button on 15-yard catch and run vs. Lions\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re moving on,\u201d Kelce said on the latest episode of his \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast. \u201cWe got the [expletive] Lions coming in. I don\u2019t need to really talk anymore about the Jags loss. Everybody saw firsthand all the debauchery that (expletive) happened that game. And we just got to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce caught Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes\u2018 first pass against the Lions on Sunday, October 12, and kept the momentum going. Before the fourth quarter, he registered five receptions for 70 yards. The NFL announced Kelce officially Jason Witten for the second-most receiving yards in primetime games in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p>However, a crucial catch he made had some fans throwing criticism at the refs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Fans Accused The Refs For Allowing Chiefs TE Travis To Get Away With A Non-Catch<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Early in the third quarter, Mahomes connected with Kelce on third down. The Chiefs quickly lined up for the next play before the refs could review the 35-year-old\u2019s catch, during which some viewers argued Kelce used the ground to keep control of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>One X user wrote, \u201cWhat\u2019s that sky judge or whatever for? Do they just stop the play and call the ref when it\u2019s not the chiefs? This was obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One man posted, \u201cAbsolutely not a catch. [NBC Sports rules analyst] Terry [McAuley] is a damn idiot saying that he had control. Every week certain teams get these head-scratching calls going their way. It\u2019s match-fixing by the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another fan argued, \u201cThis kinda thing happens frequently, it\u2019s on the lions to challenge\/take a timeout before the chiefs run the next play which they failed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City capitalized on the drive with running back Marquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown scoring a touchdown and giving them a 20-10 lead.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Refs Also Called Back Lions QB Jared Goff\u2019s First Quarter TD<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Detroit Lions trying to out-cheat the Chiefs lmaoo <\/p>\n<p>David Montgomery throws a TD to Jared Goff but it was ruled illegal motion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O2UPju2efC\">pic.twitter.com\/O2UPju2efC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hater Report (@HaterReport_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaterReport_\/status\/1977534595370217482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"d8a08b15108f0767a11835b9e1845c55\">\n<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>The Detroit Lions trying to out-cheat the Chiefs lmaoo<\/p>\n<p>David Montgomery throws a TD to Jared Goff but it was ruled illegal motion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tensions were already running high after Lions quarterback Jared Goff\u2019s trick play on the opening offensive drive didn\u2019t count. The score, Goff called a touchdown pass from running back David Montgomery, was called back for illegal motion.<\/p>\n<p>McAuley explained on the broadcast, \u201cHe (Goff) takes a position behind the center, he\u2019s gotta step back and pause for a second and establish as a back before he goes in motion. He didn\u2019t. He stayed in motion, this is illegal, this is an illegal formation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC play-by-play Mike Tirico added, \u201cThat\u2019s not reviewable by replay, but the officials can have a conference about it.\u201d After the call was reversed, Detroit settled for a field goal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"f1deb627f8fda8147d9b24743998a790\">\n<div>\n<article>Despite this looking really cool, Terry McAulay explains why Jared Goff was lined up illegally and why this touchdown was taken off the board.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One woman posted, \u201cSo let me get this straight: The NFL took a TD off the board AFTER THE FACT on a play that\u2019s not reviewable \u2018after discussion\u2019 for a man in motion? Goff wasn\u2019t the QB. Montgomery was. Then, they start the playclock while coaches are getting an explanation? KC Refs baby!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emily Bicks covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Bills, Seahawks and Chiefs. She&#8217;s contributed to Heavy since 2019 and has interviewed some of the biggest stars in sports, including Jerry Rice, Shaquille O&#8217;Neal and Stefon Diggs. More about Emily Bicks<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Chiefs<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce gets away with a huge non-catch against the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35306","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>BREAKING NEWS: Refs Face Backlash for Travis Kelce Call Against Lions - 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=35306\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Refs Face Backlash for Travis Kelce Call Against Lions - 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