The initiate of ESPN in the NFL, Adam Schefter, was criticized on Saturday for its report on the possibility that the league plans to use rereading assistance with regard to the slides of the quarter.
Schefter wrote on X: “For all those who complain about the fact that Patrick Mahomes receives too many calls, help could soon come.” The quarter of the Kansas City chiefs was criticized for his late slide against the Houston Texans who led to a unnecessary roughness penalty after the second Henry to’oto’o hit him just after he is Fallen on the ground.
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The quarter-back of the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes slides against the second Houston Texans Henry To’oto’o during the AFC division at the Geha Field of the Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium on January 18, 2025. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)
In the middle of the controversy around the slide, chief referee Clay Martin defended the call. He said that there had been forced contact with the “hair root” of Mahomas during the other call of unnecessary roughness.
NFL fans were unhappy that Schefter used Mahomes as a reference point. However, Schefter used statistics to support his words. He compared the penalties between the chiefs and their adversaries in the playoffs during their sequence of eight consecutive victories.
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Adam Schefter of the “Monday Night Countdown” of ESPN on the sidelines before the match between the Cardinals of Arizona and the 49ers of San Francisco at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico, November 21, 2022. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SPORTS)
According to researcher Paul Hembo, Kansas City opponents were reported for brutalized the smuggler six times, against zero times for chiefs. Regarding unnecessary roughness, Kansas City opponents saw four penalty flags and one against chiefs.
However, the fans were indignant.
Actor Eric Stonesreet, a big fan of chiefs, arrested Schefter on NFL Network.
“He calls Patrick Mahomes in his tweet as if Patrick Mahomes was the only one to benefit from a brutal call,” he said. “He has the greatest range throughout the NFL and here, he implies and strengthens this conspiracy theory that the League fits the game.”
Mahomes was asked about presumed favoritism during the week.
“I don’t feel that,” he said. “… I’m just trying to play football in the end. The referees do their best to make the match as just and suitable as possible.
“For me, it’s about going there, playing hard, trying to do everything I can to win the football match, then live with the results according to my efforts and the way I play, and that’s what we preach here to Kansas City.
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The chiefs face the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship.
