Brittany Mahomes has launched a furious response to NFL officials on social media after the Kansas City Chiefs suffered a heartbreaking defeat against the Denver Broncos
Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs smiles next to his wife Brittany Mahomes
Brittany Mahomes launched a furious response to NFL officials on social media(Image: Getty Images)
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Brittany Mahomes has criticized NFL officials following the Kansas City Chiefs' latest defeat, branding referees "weak" in a furious social media response.
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs suffered a painful late defeat against the Denver Broncos after a false-start penalty against offensive lineman Jaylon Moore wiped out what appeared to be a game-winning touchdown pass to Rashee Rice. The flag pushed Kansas City back to the six-yard line, before Mahomes was sacked on fourth-and-goal to seal a dramatic 28-24 victory for Denver and hand the Chiefs their second loss of the season.
Brittany quickly made her feelings known on social media, directing a furious message at NFL officials to her 2.1 million followers.
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"You can't tell me you call that on a game winning [touchdown]," she wrote on her Instagram story. "Oh wait yeah I can cause it's us. That was the weakest call I have ever seen, you can't tell me otherwise."
CBS commentators highlighted the apparent false start by Moore during the replay, slowing down the footage and circling the offensive lineman to show his movement before the snap.
Brittany's comments received a mixed response on X, with several NFL fans questioning her criticism given the Chiefs' perceived history of benefiting from favourable officiating decisions. One fan wrote: "After years of all the calls going in favor of @chiefs she has the nerve to complain?"
Another added: "It was a weak call but take it and shut up as her husband has gotten so many in the last 7 years that he shouldn’t have had - This is called payback - if you and he can’t deal with it therapy might help you both."
Brittany did, however, have support from Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, who also questioned the decision during his postgame media interviews. "I didn't see it," Reid said. "That's one man's opinion. I saw him move his head, but I didn't see a false start."
When asked about the controversial decision, Mahomes himself initially defended the officials but suggested the call should not have been made in such a decisive moment, arguing that "the little stuff doesn't get called like that."
"I have not seen it, but like it didn't surprise me or catch me or anything like that, so it couldn't have been big, but it was called," Mahomes told reporters.
"I mean, at the end of the day, you have to go with whatever is called, but a lot of times in those big moments the little stuff doesn't get called like that."
The defeat drops the Chiefs to 5-2 and allows the Broncos to move top of the AFC West at 6-2, setting up a tighter divisional race as the season heads towards the holiday period.