NFL officiating under scrutiny after flags for Texans hits on Patrick Mahomes

NFL officiating is under scrutiny as the postseason field narrows and, especially, as quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs play on.

The league could make additional adjustments to its instant replay system during the offseason to help deal with situations such as those that arose last weekend in the divisional round.

In the meantime, Mahomes’s Chiefs will play in their seventh straight AFC championship game Sunday, when they will host the Buffalo Bills.

They’re seeking an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl triumph.

Such success leads, predictably, to claims by some fans and social media commenters that Mahomes and the Chiefs benefit from favorable treatment by the officials.

The conspiracy theories about the Chiefs, plus the pushback by some football traditionalists to the enforcement of safety rules designed to protect quarterbacks.

converged last weekend to produce controversy over a pair of personal fouls called on the Houston Texans for hits on Mahomes during their loss Saturday.

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