7 hours Ago By Russell Steinberg
There’s always someone left complaining about the referees at the end of a major sporting event, and when the Kansas City Chiefs are involved, those complaints grow louder — and sometimes even include Taylor Swift . Comedian Bill Burr used a Monday, January 27, appearance on the Rich Eisen Show to share his thoughts on the major calls that benefited the Chiefs during their recent AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills, and he didn’t hold back. “I don’t think it’s fixed.
I think it’s massaged,” Burr, 56, said during the episode. “There’s definitely more back rubs on one side than the other.” Burr claimed that because the NFL is a business it benefits when teams with global appeal — like the Chiefs — win.
The Chiefs boast superstar players like Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce , and bring with them Kelce’s girlfriend, Swift . Swift’s presence at Chiefs games have opened the door to a whole new demographic of NFL fans. “Where’s the money? They got all the stars,” Burr continued.
“They got Taylor Swift. It’s a business.” The most controversial call that caused Burr and others to question the integrity of the game came in the fourth quarter of the Sunday, January 26, game as the Bills were clinging to a one-point lead.
Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen was trying to pick up one yard to turn a 4th-and-1 into a first down. Though Allen, 28, appeared to have picked up a yard on the play, officials ruled him short, resulting in a Bills turnover. The Chiefs got the ball and scored a touchdown on the next possession to take the lead.
Burr added that watching the NFL made him feel similar to how he felt watching the NBA in the early 2000s. From 2000 to 2002, the league’s most popular team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three straight championships. They also returned to the NBA Finals two years later.
Led by a pair of players with global appeal of their own, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant , the Lakers also found themselves subject to accusations of favorable treatment from officials. As for the Bills and Chiefs players, they’ve done their best to downplay the controversy. Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill took to X on Sunday night, January 26, to give the Bills some credit and quiet the complaining fans.
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heck of a battle,” he wrote. “The rest of y’all can take all that “ref” talk & kick rocks. We stand on business!!️” Bills running back James Cook didn’t want to blame the officials for the loss, either.
“At the end of the day, as a man, you’ve got to come in there ready to go. F— that ref s—,” he said on Thursday, January 30, on the “Kickin’ It with Dee” podcast. “You got to come in that b— ready to go, ready to play.
Don’t give a ref nothing to call. That’s my answer, bro.”.
