Tony Romo rips NFL officials for penalty on Travis Kelce in Chiefs' comeback win

Kansas City Chiefs prima Travis Kelce had erstwhile NFL backmost Tony Romo successful his country astatine a important constituent successful the team’s comeback triumph implicit the Indianapolis Colts connected Sunday.

Kelce was called for violative walk interference with nether 5 minutes to play and the Chiefs trailing by 3 points. The refs made the telephone arsenic Patrick Mahomes recovered Kareem Hunt for a fewer yards connected a plaything route.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts information Camryn Bynum (0) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

"This is the worst telephone I person seen each year. It’s virtually the worst telephone I’ve seen each year," Romo said. "He’s getting guarded. They’re going to accidental he’s moving a route. They deliberation helium picks 53. He doesn’t. He goes into his ain feline who’s guarding him and says it’s walk interference connected him.

"That is ridiculous. You cognize that happens connected astir each play erstwhile you’re pressing something, right?"

The Chiefs were capable to rally aft the penalty, which forced them backmost to their ain 3-yard line.

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Indianapolis Colts linebacker Germaine Pratt (53) and Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) dive for a fumble during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Patrick Mahomes was capable to find a way, starring Kansas City connected a 15-play, 87-yard thrust that ended with a Harrison Butker tract extremity to necktie the crippled and unit overtime.

Kansas City won the crippled 23-20 acknowledgment to a 12-play, 81-yard thrust that ended with a Butker tract extremity successful overtime. The Chiefs scored 14 unanswered points to propulsion disconnected the comeback.

The Chiefs are present 6-5 connected the twelvemonth and are hoping that the triumph implicit the leaders successful the AFC South tin commencement a momentum physique toward the agelong tally of the season.

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"All 5 of our losses felt similar this game, wherever determination were plays we could marque and we didn't," Mahomes said. "You tin speech astir it each day, but until you beryllium it, it doesn't. We proved contiguous we could marque the plays."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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