Bills Still Whining About Officiating in Chiefs Loss

While the Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for the Super Bowl LIX to complete a historic three-peat, the opponents they defeated along the way continue to complain. The relentless whining about officiating isn't letting up with almost a week since the AFC championship game ended.

Bills head coach Sean McDermott brought up the officiating issue in his end-of-season press conference on Thursday. Even though he said that officiating wasn't the main reason why they lost, McDermott said that they knew they wouldn't get calls before the game, and that turned out to be the case.

"We went into the game and one of my messages to the team, and this happens from time to time, is you’re going to have to — you’re not going to get calls. We’re not going to get calls. And I think just when you prepare a team, you prepare them ahead of time, mentally, for this is the way it’s going down."

- Bills HC Sean McDermott

McDermott admitting that he prepared his team with the expectation that the referees would be favoring the Chiefs is embarrassing. Telling your team that the game will be called unfairly and external factors will not allow them to win the game is simply a bad strategy. It helps instill the idea in the players that no matter what they do, they will not be able to win. That is a losing mindset.

This has been a constant issue for the Chiefs' rivals during this dynasty run. It has been amplified in this postseason run as the Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans and the players did the same after the Divisional-Round loss.

There were obviously controversial calls in each game. Every NFL game has questionable calls. The idea that the Chiefs benefit from them more than any other team is a ludicrous one. It is a trope consistently perpetuated by losing players and coaches to divert the blame. Since it distracts their rivals from focusing on how to improve their teams instead, this is a huge advantage for the Chiefs.

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