Panthers OLB Jadeveon Clowney on facing Chiefs: Referees ‘had their hands in the game’

Panthers OLB Jadeveon Clowney doesn’t seem all too pleased with the refs’ performance in Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs.

You know the memes about the NFL’s referees overtly favoring the Kansas City Chiefs? Yeah, the Carolina Panthers might’ve felt as though they were living through one of those on Sunday.

Although it ended up being a closely-contested and entertaining matchup, yesterday’s 30-27 loss to the defending Super Bowl champions featured quite a bit of laundry. A total of 19 penalties were called throughout the game, with Kansas City picking up 10 flags and Carolina picking up nine.

And that seemed to bother Panthers outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, who spoke with Vashti Hurt of Carolina Blitz about the whistles.

As Clowney stated, teammate and cornerback Jaycee Horn was on the receiving end of quite a few frustrating calls. Horn was flagged a total of four times—three for holding and once for pass interference.

Clowney also noted that he and his fellow Panthers defenders were hesitant to initiate contact with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his 33-yard scramble late in the fourth quarter.

The big gain helped set up the walk-off 31-yard field goal by kicker Spencer Shrader.

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