NFL’s Decision on Jaguars Player Causing Patrick Mahomes Ankle Injury Makes Chiefs Fans Go Nuclear

The NFL makes certain decisions that sometimes don’t sit too well with fans. A bone of contention for fans has always been calls and fines for defensive players against so called prized-QBs of the league. Furthermore, this contention seems like it’s at an all-time high during the playoffs and the supposed biases against certain players. In the case of  Patrick Mahomes, it was the play that led to his recent ankle injury. Fans initially had an intense reaction to the way Mahomes was injured. However, after a recent call, it seems like fans are back to passionately stating their opinions on Twitter.

NFL insider, Tom Pelissero, revealed an interesting move made by the NFL on the Jaguars’ outside linebacker, Arden Key. After the NFL made a certain decision on Key’s moves on the field, fans were quick to react. They had no problem speaking about the controversial decision after the news went viral.

Fans react to NFL’s decision against the Jaguar who injured Patrick Mahomes

NFL insider, Tom Pellissero, revealed some news through Twitter that had the fans going crazy. He revealed that Arden Key was fined a sum amount of $15,914 for roughing up the Chiefs’ backup QB Chad Henne. Interestingly, the NFL did not fine Key for the part he played in causing Mahomes’ ankle injury.

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Fans reacted to this news in some interesting ways. One fan spoke about how Key should have been fined for Mahomes and not Henne.

Furthermore, there were calls saying Keys should not have been fined at all.

There were also mentions on how Trevor Lawrence’s hit was not fined.

Fans also accused the league of playing favorites for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Furthermore, fans also wanted some repercussion against the referees.

Additionally, could not make sense of the NFL’s actions.

Finally, there were fans who were happy with Key getting fined.

It seems like fans were also comparing the Mahomea situation to Trevor Lawrence getting hit by the defensive linesman of the Chiefs. There were claims that the league was pandering to the Chiefs. However, trusty Tom Pelissero brought some news that proved the fans wrong.

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During their divisional round, Jaguars’ QB, Trevor Lawrence seemed like he had been roughed up by defensive linesman Khalen Saunders. Fans were enraged that no action was taken against him while action was being taken against Arden Key. However, Pelissero cleared up this supposed double standard.

It seems like Pelissero dispelled any rumors of a double standard in the case of the NFL’s decisions in this situation. It seems like both of the people who roughed Mahomes and Lawrence have faced some repercussions.

It seems like the fans’ contention might be misplaced in this situation. However, it is obvious that situations like this are going to arise again during the playoffs. It only remains to be seen how the league will deal with situations like that.

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