One of the lingering topics from the New England Patriots’ Monday night matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs was a would-be interception against Patrick Mahomes.
Mahomes was sacked by Chase Winovich and it appeared he fumbled, but Shilique Calhoun caught the ball and it could’ve been ruled as an interception as well. The Patriots were down by three points and had would’ve been positioned to score following the play — if it wasn’t prematurely called dead.
Referee Tony Corrente justified the call and said he was protecting the quarterback by calling the play dead. While watching this video, it seems as if the referees blew the play dead about seven seconds after Mahomes was wrapped up by Winovich.
That is a LATE whistle: pic.twitter.com/GHiGfgdxNE
— Tim McKone (@Tim_McKone) October 6, 2020
ESPN’s Mike Reiss examined the play further on Monday and had many different takeaways from the play. All of these thoughts backed up the idea that the call was wrong, even though Corrente wouldn’t admit it.
Patriots had a tough call go against them when a would-be INT was ruled a sack by referee Tony Corrente. The call was explained by Corrente after the game (https://t.co/hFVYPZZW1k). Before moving on, I wanted to follow up with a few thoughts: pic.twitter.com/qXy5n6RW8h
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) October 6, 2020
Regardless, the Patriots didn’t do enough to win the game and they’ll have a chance to earn a winning record while playing the Denver Broncos next week.
