You know the memes about NFL referees openly favoring the Kansas City Chiefs? Yes, the Carolina Panthers may have felt like they were going through something like that on Sunday.
Even though it ended up being a hard-fought and entertaining duel, yesterday's There was a lot of trash to the reigning Super Bowl champions. A total of 19 penalties were called during the game, with Kansas City receiving ten and Carolina receiving nine.
And that seemed to bother Panthers outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, who spoke to Carolina Blitz's Vashti Hurt about the whistles.
Jadeveon Clowney wasn't happy with some of the flags thrown during yesterday's loss to the Chiefs. Here's what he told me today when I asked him about it, and about Mahomes' challenge that put Kansas City within game-winning field goal range.
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As Clowney explained, teammate and cornerback Jaycee Horn endured some frustrating calls. Horn was charged a total of four times – three times for holding and once for pass interference.
Clowney also noted that he and his Panthers defenders were hesitant to make contact with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his 33-yard scramble late in the fourth quarter.
MAHOMES. 33-YARD RUN.
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The large lead helped set up kicker Spencer Shrader for the 31-yard walk-off field goal.