Chiefs fans can't help but laugh at Will Anderson's bitter postgame excuses

Jan 18, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. (51) drags down Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1) during the first quarter of a 2025 AFC divisional round game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
Jan 18, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. (51) drags down Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1) during the first quarter of a 2025 AFC divisional round game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images

The Kansas City Chiefs are morphing into Tom Brady's New England Patriots right before our very eyes. On top of the fact that they keep winning, as evidenced by their ridiculous seventh-straight AFC Championship game appearance with Patrick Mahomes as the starter, rivals will attribute every success to the referees favoring them.

The Houston Texans have some firm grounds for complaint after their recent 23-14 loss at Arrowhead Stadium, as they were on the wrong end of some very controversial roughing the passer and unnecessary roughness calls. However, those calls were not the singular reason the Chiefs won this game.

Head coach DeMeco Ryans did not subscribe to that theory, however. One of the first things he mentioned during his press conference was the fact the Texans were going against "everybody," hinting the refs had it out for them in this game.

Star pass rusher Will Anderson, who admittedly played a fantastic game against Kansas City, is also extremely salty after this game, saying the Texans "knew" the refs would be against them in this game. Even if they were (they were not), the Chiefs still had the Texans beat in this one.

Chiefs can only laugh at Will Anderson's salty comments after Texans playoff loss

While the pool reporter's explanation is not going to satisfy everyone, they did provide reasoning for why those two calls went against Houston. Even if they admitted they made a mistake, Houston would be just as defiant in their claims that officials are against them.

Stroud was sacked eight times and under pressure on more than half of his dropbacks. Despite moving the ball well, he only found the end zone one time all game long. Is that the refs fault? Apparently Ryans and Anderson are putting more blame on the officials than their own poor execution.

Special teams were a disaster. On top of essentially gifting them three free points to Kansas City thanks to a kickoff return aided by a disgraceful sequence from Kris Boyd, kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn left seven points on the table thanks to a missed extra point, missed field goal, and blocked field goal. The refs did that?

The Texans will likely join the Bengals in the collection of teams who will put any failures they had against Kansas City squarely at the feet of the officiating. The Chiefs will tune out that noise, in all likelihood, as they have yet another AFC Championship to prepare for while Houston licks their wounds.

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