KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Andy Reid had no curiosity Wednesday in reliving the Chiefs’ controversial loss to Buffalo final weekend.
Reid curtly batted away continued questions concerning the 20-17 defeat, the place a uncommon offside penalty on broad receiver Kadarius Toney negated what would have been the go-ahead landing within the last minutes.
Reid took subject with the truth that officers have a tendency to offer warnings when a participant strains up offside, and that flags are hardly ever thrown for such an infraction.
“We brought the guys in yesterday and they understand all our focus is straight ahead on the Patriots, and every day we have to practice for this game is important,” Reid mentioned earlier than follow. “I felt that way after the game. They know the importance of it.”
The Chiefs (8-5), who’ve misplaced 4 of their previous six, go to New England on Sunday.
“You always got to move forward,” Chiefs defensive sort out Chris Jones mentioned. “It happens so fast: You have one game, you have one day off, and then you start focusing on the next team. You don’t have time to linger on a loss. It’s all about moving forward.”
Earlier within the day, Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce railed at critics of their struggling offense on his “New Heights” podcast together with his brother and Eagles heart Jason Kelce. Most of the criticism has been directed at Kansas City broad receivers, who lead the NFL in dropped passes by a large margin, and extra just lately Toney, whose penalty in opposition to Buffalo proved to be so expensive.
“We’re not rolling like we have in the past. I know there’s a lot of media pointing fingers at some of the skill players that we have,” Kelce mentioned. “All this that I hear in the media right now about who the Chiefs are, it’s only building that beast that we’ve been trying to create this entire year. It’s only going to keep making us better and better, going through these learning experiences and going through these tough games.”
The Chiefs have had loads of these currently.
Four of their previous 5 video games have been determined by one possession, and three have been losses, together with one other in Green Bay by which officers took some warmth. They didn’t throw a flag for a possible defensive go interference penalty on the Packers, so reasonably than have an opportunity to tie the sport late, Kansas City headed house with a 27-19 loss.
In truth, the Chiefs are off to their worst begin by 13 video games since Patrick Mahomes grew to become the beginning QB in 2018.
“I think once the game was over (Sunday), you kind of get to sleep, come back Monday and Tuesday, and everybody’s mind was in the right spot,” Mahomes mentioned Wednesday. “In this league, you have to get past that stuff.”
Mahomes was as offended as any level in his skilled profession after the penalty on Toney, and teammates practically needed to maintain him again as he chased after officers for an evidence. When the sport ended, and Mahomes was shaking palms with Bills star Josh Allen at midfield, he informed his fellow quarterback: “Offensive offside in that moment, man — terrible.”
Mahomes mentioned Wednesday he regretted the way in which he dealt with the tip of the sport.
“Definitely emotion talking when I was talking to Josh at midfield, just to lose the football game in a tough way,” he mentioned. “He had nothing to do with it. Just show better sportsmanship. Tell him ‘great game’ and keep it moving.”
In this case, preserve it shifting into Sunday’s journey to New England.
“All I can do is go about business like I do every week,” mentioned Mahomes, whose workforce now leads the AFC West by a single recreation over Denver. “The division is tight. The AFC is tight. We just have to go out there and play our best football.”
NOTES: RB Isiah Pacheco (shoulder) and LT Donovan Smith (neck) remained off form Wednesday. LB Drue Tranquill deliberate to be on the sphere, a sign that he’s near clearing the concussion protocol. … LB Leo Chenal and FS Mike Edwards had been out with an sickness.
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