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NFL fans are once again claiming the NFL is rigged for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. On Sunday night, the Chiefs defeated the highly touted Detroit Lions 30-17 at home.
The game was notable because the Chiefs were the first team since the end of 2023 season without a single accepted penalty called against them in a game.
In the last 363 NFL games (since the start of the 2024 season), the Chiefs became the only team to go an entire game without a single accepted penalty against them tonight vs the Lions.
That’s 1 out of 726 individual team games in that span — the lone team to pull it off.
— Al Karsten (@FootballGuy_Al) October 13, 2025
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid praised his team and the officials after the Chiefs’ no-penalty game.
“Penalties are kind of a crazy thing,” said Reid following a 30-17 victory for the Chiefs. “Sometimes they come in waves. I thought the officials did a nice job, but I thought our guys did a nice job of correcting some of those with a good conscious effort put forward there.”
“It was a positive though.”
On social media, fans began posting videos of missed calls by refs during the game.
The Chiefs will never beat the allegations.
Massive hold on the Mahomes run to set up a manageable 4th down that led to a TD. pic.twitter.com/8tmbi9CACU
— Maxwell Cunningham (@McKendryMM12) October 13, 2025
Looks like they could’ve flagged Kelce for a hold on this play
Chiefs have not been flagged for a penalty tonight pic.twitter.com/LFagO9VuAm
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) October 13, 2025
Angry fans are convinced the NFL helped the Chiefs win the game on Sunday.
“The @nfl is so rigged for Maholmes and the Chiefs it’s sickening” commented one fan.
“NFL was never gonna let Chiefs go 2-4, fix was in from the 1st drive. Can’t let the Swifties get tuned out for ratings. Rigged, watching it with my own eyes!” said another fan.
It seems like fans are always going to have conspiracy theories about the Chiefs if they keep winning.