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The Kansas City Chiefs are running strong and have back-to-back wins. Their recent clash against the Tennessee Titans was a big-time success. However, the game also had a controversial situation involving Travis Kelce and Joshua Kalu. The Titans gave a tough battle and had momentum in their hands. Unfortunately, some calls didn’t go their way, which irked the Tennessee fanbase and the NFL Universe.

The Chiefs tied the Titans late in the Week 9 game on Sunday night, but the two-point conversion failed. The Chiefs had three opportunities to turn the attempt, which they did with a Patrick Mahomes dash. However, it was the second try that sparked outrage.

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The Tennessee Titans Fans are fuming!

Titans’ Joshua Kalu gets a penalty for holding over Chiefs’ Travis Kelce. In the play, Kalu seemed to be pushed in the visor and lost his headgear. However, the officials threw a penalty flag at the end zone, and the defender faced the call for holding.

After the play went viral, it led the NFL Universe to pour their outrage on Twitter.

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Jared Stillman claimed the NFL’s officiating crew is a joke.

A Titans reporter saw it as an unbelievable moment.

ESPN’s Turron Davenport is not sure on would Joshua Kalu would react in the moment.

Moreover, Football writer Teresa Walker is wondering on how Kalu gets the penalty.

104-5 The Zone’s Will Boling claimed the penalty should be on Kelce instead of Kalu.

This user claimed that Kelce did everything, but Kalu gets the holding.

Another user needs an explanation from the NFL Officiating.

Moreover, this user is wondering on how Travis Kelce decapitated Joshua Kalu, but the defender gets the penalty?

Buck Reising saw the Kelce-Kalu holding play and deemed it egregious.

The NFL officiating is yet again under the radar for a controversial call.

Titans HC Mike Vrabel opened up over the Joshua Kalu-Travis Kelce call

The controversial call raised many questions despite Travis Kelce grabbing Joshua Kalu’s helmet off. They had a chance of winning, but the penalty snatched their moment to take down the AFC behemoth. However, HC Mike Vrabel was not aware of the controversy until the post-game media scru

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Mike Vrabel mentioned, “They’ve let Travis play like that. You can flop and hope you get a call I guess? You’re asking the wrong guy. The Twitter handle is [NFLOfficiating]. They can answer any question that I’m not going to be able to answer.”

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Safe to say, the Titans will not be happy after falling prey to a disputable penalty call.

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