Patrick Mahomes left Denver with a loss, plenty of frustration, and an online firestorm he didn’t ask for.
The Chiefs dropped their second straight game Sunday, falling to the Broncos after a 5-0 start that had looked so promising. This one hurt in a different way than last week’s loss to the Seahawks. Kansas City had a real shot late, but a false start penalty wrecked the moment and sent the Chiefs home empty-handed.
The aftermath spilled quickly beyond the field. Brittany Mahomes went to social media to take aim at the referees, and Patrick Mahomes made it clear he was not thrilled either.
“It couldn’t have been big, but it was called. 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,” he told reporters postgame.
Then came the clip that set off a wave of criticism online. A video appeared to show Broncos quarterback Bo Nix chasing Mahomes for the postgame handshake, and some fans jumped to the conclusion that Mahomes was trying to slip away from him.
CBS Sports sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson pushed back hard on that version of events. “This is absolutely not true.
I was right there and Nix was on the other side of field when game ended and celebrating and took a while to get to Mahomes. They had a long conversation with Mahomes and Nix both showing respect for each other,” she said.
Mahomes was clearly frustrated after the game, but the reporting around the handshake painted a different picture than the one some fans rushed to online. The Chiefs fell to 5-2, the Broncos moved to 6-2, and Denver tied the regular-season series. Mahomes finished 30 for 41 for 321 yards and three touchdowns, but it still wasn’t enough to keep Kansas City from leaving with another loss.
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