The fate of the Super Bowl 57 was decided over a holding penalty call, sparking outrage and somewhat of an attack towards the victors. For the first fifty-eight minutes, the game felt pretty even. But the final two minutes turned the game from possibly “one of the best ever” to a referring debacle.

Whatever the case might be, the fact of the matter is that the Philadelphia Eagles faced a heartbreaking defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs, leaving a lot of Eagles fans and players frustrated. With nothing left to be done, many players and fans took to social media to vent their anger. One such individual that caught many eyes was Leah Covey, wife of Eagles return man Britain Covey.

“Weakest holding call ever”

Leah Covey felt the Chiefs’ celebration was a bit over the line, and wanted to share her thoughts with her Tiktok community. As per NYPost, she took to Tiktok opinioning “Watching the Chiefs celebrate their win on the field after the weakest holding call and running the game clock for the last 5 minutes. I truly have never cringed harder. Still so proud of our Eagles.” 

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She followed by taking to another social media platform, Instagram, to share, “Honestly embarrassed for the chiefs rn??”

These posts by Mrs Covey, however, ended up adding fuel to the fire as she herself got involved with the drama. Drawing a lot of flak and criticism, Leah Covey went on to delete the TikTok post and replaced it with an apologetic one.

“No disrespect to the Chiefs, we definitely would’ve been celebrating too. It was just like, I don’t want to say a joke. I’m sorry if I offended anyone. That’s not what I meant. I have respect for all NFL players. They work so hard. So really, it’s like, any team would be deserving because I know how hard they work. I’m sure I’ll get hate for this video, but I wasn’t trying to cause drama. That’s not me and I just wanted to say sorry, and yeah that’s it,” she posted in a separate video.

Truth to the calls

Despite all the controversies and the drama that came along with it, the cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles, James Bradberry admitted to the play. “It was a holding. I tugged his jersey. I was hoping they would let it slide.”

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Such a statement from the athlete himself proves that the call was technically correct even though being exasperatingly and incongruously ticky-tacky, putting the Kansas City Chiefs back in command.