And on the day after, Patrick Mahomes expressed regret.
Sean McDermott did his homework over the bye week. The Buffalo Bills’ head coach needed to find an solution to a problem that, until Sunday, had eluded his defense: How to close out games.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was furious in the waning moments of Sunday's loss to the Buffalo Bills after officials nullified a touchdown on a lateral play because of an offsides penalty. Mahomes' anger bubbled into his interaction with Bills quarterback Josh Allen after the game during which Mahomes continued to question the call when speaking to Allen, and again during a postgame news conference.
After the Chiefs failed to convert on the plays that followed and turned the ball over on downs in the 20-17 loss, Mahomes had to be restrained on the sideline by teammates.
Patrick Mahomes was NOT happy on the sideline pic.twitter.com/kFdVMF7PrM
— Ben Brown 🌻 (@BenBrownPL) December 11, 2023
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With a day to calm down and after being ripped for his conduct, Mahomes addressed the issue on his weekly radio appearance on Kansas City's 610 Sports Radio.
“Obviously you don’t react that way. I mean I care, man. I love it, I love this game, I love my teammates and I want to go out there and put everything on the line to win,” Mahomes said. “But obviously, can’t do that. Can’t be that way towards officials or really anybody in life.”
“Probably regret acting like that, but more than anything, I regret the way I acted toward Josh after the game ’cause he had nothing to do with it. I was still hot and emotional, but you can’t do that, man.
“It’s not a great example for kids watching the game. I was more upset about that than I was about me on the sideline.”
Patrick Mahomes joined @cdotharrison on #TheDrive and explained that he regrets the way he reacted on the sideline following the offside call on Toney. FULL INTERVIEW HERE: https://t.co/sxAe97qQni pic.twitter.com/Fv61ilbWR1
— 610SportsKC (@610SportsKC) December 11, 2023
According to the NFL Network, the league is reviewing Mahomes’ and Chiefs coach Andy Reid’s postgame comments to determine if there should be fines.