The New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs faced off in a week five matchup between two teams with playoff aspirations. The Chiefs emerged victorious with a score of 26-13, securing a perfect 5-0 start to the season, aided by 10 points in the fourth quarter.
However, fans are questioning whether this success is entirely legitimate.
Saints-Chiefs “Rigged” Accusations Surfacing After Blatant Act (Report)
According to Alex Hoegler of Total Pro Sports:
Recent criticism of NFL referees arose during the Chiefs’ Week 5 home game against the Saints. Although the game was likely decided already, the officials made a significant error by missing a clear pass interference call.
The controversy occurred in the fourth quarter while New Orleans was down by 13 points. Jake Haener took over for the Saints as quarterback after Derek Carr sustained an oblique injury.
Haener aimed a pass at wide receiver Chris Olave, who was clearly interfered with by Chiefs safety Bryan Cook. Astonishingly, the NFL referees did not throw a flag on the play.
Troy Aikman saying it should be a flag but can’t blame refs for wanting to go home? Not funny Troy! We know they love Chiefs #MNF pic.twitter.com/D74d4cjK07
— Connie Carberg (@ConnieScouts) October 8, 2024
Looks like a missed pass interference call here as Chiefs CB Bryan Cook clearly makes early contact on Chris Olave. pic.twitter.com/Eh02CBNOLx
— Arye Pulli (@AryePulli) October 8, 2024
Fans couldn’t believe what they were seeing:
It’s at the point where this level of favoritism taints officiating for the entire league.
— Seth (@sethsvillage) October 8, 2024
The refs def love the chiefs! Always helping them get the win!
— Laura Lotz (@lotz40258) October 8, 2024
It was a terrible call by the refs. Aren’t the Saints the reason replay was brought back, because of a missed PI call in the playoffs??
— Jon (@Jonbkichen) October 8, 2024
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