Dave Portnoy: Why Patrick Mahomes is disgracing the game and ruining his legacy after huge NFL playoff win

Dave Portnoy joined the galore furious NFL fans hitting retired astatine Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs with cheating allegations. 

The Chiefs kept their bid for an unprecedented 3rd consecutive Super Bowl live with a 23-14 triumph implicit the Houston Texans successful the NFL Divisional Round Saturday. 

However, contempt punching the Chiefs' summons to the AFC Championship, Mahomes drew backlash from fans, including Portnoy who claimed the backmost was disgracing the game. 

With Kansas City starring conscionable 13-12 successful the 4th quarter, Mahomes ran retired of bounds connected 2nd-and-goal but decelerated earlier stepping out.

The two-time MVP was past shoved retired of bounds by Houston's Henry To'oTo'o earlier raising his arms successful the aerial and falling to the ground.

And Portnoy slammed the awesome caller for 'flopping,' claiming it was damaging his estimation arsenic a player. 

'Maholmes (sic) is simply a large player. No request to disgrace the crippled and ruin his bequest with this flopping bulls***,' the Barstool laminitis wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, alongside a clip of the incident. 

Portnoy wasn't unsocial successful his fury. Despite nary emblem being thrown connected the play, which straight preceded a touchdown walk to Travis Kelce, fans were livid with Mahomes. 

'That flop makes Mahomes truthful f***ing unlikeable…….,' 1 wrote connected X.

'Ridiculous effort astatine a flop aft getting SEVERAL questionable roughing calls already this game. This is the crushed radical extracurricular of KC don't similar Mahomes,' different added.

And a 3rd said, 'As idiosyncratic who perfectly loves him, that blatant flop from Mahomes is truthful disappointing. He's truthful overmuch amended than having to edifice to that benignant of bulls***t.'

That sentiment was adjacent shared connected aerial by ESPN expert Troy Aikman, who said Mahomes was trying to initiate contact.

'He's trying to gully the penalty. Rather than conscionable tally retired of bounds, helium slows down,' Aikman said. 'And that's been the vexation and I get it. I recognize it. That's been the vexation for these antiaircraft players astir the league.'

And Apple TV MLS expert Taylor Twellman chimed successful arsenic well, sarcastically penning 'I can't ticker shot due to the fact that the players dive and flop each the time,' on with crying-laughing emojis.

Mahomes purported 'flop' successful the 4th fourth came after To'oTo'o was penalized a 4th anterior for unnecessary roughness erstwhile helium deed a sliding Mahomes.

After dropping the snap, Mahomes scrambled for a abbreviated summation earlier deciding to springiness himself up while  Folorunso Fatukasi and To'oTo'o were rapidly approaching.

Meanwhile, the Texans were deed with yet different punishment earlier successful the crippled when Will Anderson Jr. was controversially penalized for roughing the passer aft hitting Mahomes a split-second aft helium released the shot successful the archetypal quarter.

And Portnoy was arsenic livid with that call, accusing NFL referees of 'cheating' astatine Arrowhead.

'The bully quality is the Texans are dominating and their defence is flying around. The atrocious quality is the refs are cheating and they are losing,' the Barstool laminitis wrote connected X.