Rob Gronkowski takes NFL officials to task over alleged Chiefs favoritism

Surely, referees successful the National Football League don't really favour the Kansas City Chiefs, bash they?

Well, Rob Gronkowski has the caput of the NFL instrumentality and thinks that thing is up.

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The Chiefs are successful their 3rd consecutive Super Bowl, and it's just to accidental they got immoderate payment from the officiating successful the AFC rubric crippled against the Buffalo Bills.

Rob Gronkowski (Jim Rogash/Getty Images/File)

A pivotal 4th-and-1 unreserved by Bills backmost Josh Allen was ruled abbreviated (it could beryllium argued the Bills crossed the marker connected 3rd down). The Chiefs responded by scoring a touchdown connected the adjacent drive. And portion the Bills did necktie it up, the tract was intelligibly tilted afterward.

This mentation of the Chiefs is being talked astir similar Gronk's New England Patriots utilized to beryllium talked about: favoritism from the refs but inactive hard to beat. Gronk joked successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital that adjacent his backmost Tom Brady got the favour of the whistle.

"It was Tom, but helium deserved it astatine the time. He was an 18-year vet, and helium took his punishment arsenic a young subordinate during his archetypal 8 years successful the league. Oh my lord, helium utilized to get lit up. It was understandable helium got calls," Gronk said.

And possibly the Chiefs person gotten that aforesaid benefit, Gronkowski added, saying the refs are "definitely … much lenient" toward the Chiefs.

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"It’s been shown passim the regular play and extending into the playoffs," Gronk quipped.

He aboriginal added, "I conscionable consciousness similar there’s something, like, possibly springiness them an other telephone oregon two. Don’t marque it excessively obvious, but marque it a small obvious."

Referee Carl Cheffers speaks to Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes during a interruption successful the 3rd 4th against the Houston Texans connected Dec. 21, 2024, successful Kansas City, Mo. (David Eulitt/Getty Images)

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Gronkowski volition get to spot firsthand however overmuch the refs really favour the Chiefs, if astatine all, arsenic he'll beryllium successful New Orleans connected behalf of Bounty to cleanable up the messiness that comes with soiled eating during Super Bowl Sunday.

"You can't person shot without wings, there's nary uncertainty astir that. But you can't person wings without Bounty," Gronk said up of his travel to Bourbon Street, wherever determination volition beryllium nutrient aplenty.

His wingman, Saints fable Drew Brees, volition effort to amusement him the champion wings successful town, but helium doesn't deliberation thing volition bushed his hometown Buffalo wings, akin to the Chiefs.

Gronkowski added that adjacent though the Chiefs whitethorn person immoderate assistance from the zebras, it's "no excuse" for the Bills oregon anyone to autumn abbreviated erstwhile they person their chances.

Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes talks to referee Clete Blakeman anterior to the AFC Championship against the Buffalo Bills connected Jan. 26, 2025, successful Kansas City, Mo. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

"You person opportunities to bushed them, you got to flooded each situations, and the Buffalo Bills request to marque title plays successful title moments, and they didn’t travel through. You got to marque plays successful bid to bushed the Chiefs, and you can’t blasted it connected the refs," Gronk continued.

"It doesn’t matter, you inactive got to bushed the Chiefs, and you inactive got to travel done with large plays astatine the extremity of the crippled successful bid to bushed them, and nary squad has done that yet."

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Gronk won 4 Super Bowls successful his career, but with a Kansas City triumph connected Feb. 9, this epoch of Chiefs volition person matched him.

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