“Typical Chiefs bailout”- Social media bashes the referees after failing to penalize Chiefs for grabbing Tyreek Hill’s helmet

This missed holding call on Tyreek Hill by the referees is downright outrageous.

“Typical Chiefs bailout”- Social media bashes the referees after failing to penalize Chiefs for grabbing Tyreek Hill’s helmet

Tyreek Hill (Via X)

The Week 9 matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins is already living up to the hype. With both teams currently 6-2 this season, they are fighting to avoid suffering a third loss. Not to mention, Tyreek Hill is on the other side of the ball this time for the Chiefs and the team is attempting to pull every string to ensure the wideout does not get warmed up and are shutting him down.

One of the tactics adopted by the Chiefs’ defense appears to be to get into Tyreek Hill‘s head by purposely holding onto his helmet as soon as the ball snaps. On this particular play, L’Jarius Sneed, the cornerback on the Chiefs, did not hesitate to shove his hand in the wideout’s face and grab the grills of his helmet.

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Here’s where it gets more infuriating. The referees failed to take cognizance of this and there was no flag thrown on the play. It was a clear case of holding and just one look at the play makes it evident that the defensive back was all up in Hill’s face.

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Tyreek Hill managed to complete the play despite having a hand in his face

Fans could not believe that the refereeing has gotten to this level where such an obvious call was missed. The only positive aspect of this situation is that despite Sneed’s attempt to slow Hill down with this move, the receiver pushed him away and managed to still run his route and catch the ball.

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Tyreek Hill (via AP)

Here’s what fans had to say on X regarding this blatant missed holding call:

Fans are indicating that the refereeing is more favorable towards the Chiefs. While the call was so evident, it was still not called and as a result, they cannot help but wonder if the officials have a soft spot for Patrick Mahomes and Co.

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