On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head .___Travis Kelce and Kadarius Toney had combined to make George Hill Jersey the play of the season to give the Kansas City Chiefs a late lead when the celebration quickly turned to silence.An offside penalty on Toney negated the score.ADVERTISEMENT Anytime theres a big play in an NFL game, announcers are quick to point out whether a yellow flag has been thrown. Fans cant get too excited until they hear on television or see in person that theres no penalty on the play. Players often hesitate to celebrate.The quality of officiating in the NFL is inconsistent. But thats nothing new. Its been that way for decades. Even with instant replay, plenty of calls are mi sed.It seems every week theres at least one blown call or non-call in an important spot that helps change the outcome of a game.Fans whine. Players and coaches complain. The league sometimes admits mistakes and admonishes referees. Then, it happens again the following week and the week after that.Overall, penalties are up this year but not by much. Ike Anigbogu Jersey Entering Sunday nights Eagles-Cowboys game, an average of 14.4 penalty flags were thrown per game. It was 13.1 last season.The NFC East prime-time showdown started out like a flagfest with a national television audience watching. Officials threw eight flags in the first quarter and 17 total penalties were accepted in over Philadelphia.In Kansas City, the game-changing call wasnt popular but it was accurate. Regardle s, officiating is dominating headlines instead of the players' performance on the field.With the Chiefs trailing the Buffalo Bills and under two minutes left, Kelce caught a pa s over the middle from Patrick Mahomes and then threw the ball backward acro s the field to Toney, who ran the final 25 yards to finish off the 49-yard backyard touchdown.However, Toney had . Its a call officials rarely made before this season. There have been 13 offensive offside penalties in 2023, including a few against Philadelphia on the tush push play. There were only seven total in the previous three seasons combined.The Chiefs hadnt noticed that referees are calling offensive offside more frequently.Mahomes was fuming on the sideline, screaming at officials and had to be held back. Even coach Andy Reid uncharacteristically pointed out his displeasure with the call unprovoked after the game.I never use any of this as excuses, but normally I get a warning before something like that happens in a big game, Christian Wood Jersey Reid said. (Its) a bit embarra sing in the National Football League for that to take place. ... Normally, yeah, if its even close you get a warning. The head coach gets a warning, I mean that normally I dont know, I didnt have a protractor out there. But its a bit embarra sing.Referee Carl Cheffers said officials will give coaches alignment advice if theyre asked.But ultimately, they are responsible for wherever they line up, Cheffers told a pool reporter. And, certainly, no warning is required, especially if they are lined up so far offsides where theyre actually blocking our view of the ball. So, we would give them some sort of a warning if it was anywhere close, but this particular one is beyond a warning.Cheffers wasnt sure if any warnings for offside were i sued during the game but it didnt matter in this case.If its Jarrod Uthoff Jersey egregious enough, it would be beyond a warning, he said. So really regardle s of whether or not he was warned at other times during the day, if it was an egregious alignment to where he was over the ball whether he had warnings or not it would still be a foul.Last week, referees mi sed an obvious pa s interference by the Packers against Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling near the 5-yard line in the final minute of Green Bays 27-19 win.I know as fans you want to see the guys on the field decide the game and thats why last week I didnt say anything about the flag that didnt get called on Marquez, Mahomes said. I mean, theyre human, they make mistakes but its every week we Frank Jackson Jersey re talking about something and all I can do is go out there and give everything I have. ... Its just tough to swallow.Its always tougher on the team that loses. In this case, the call was right. Still, it's too bad the penalty stole the spotlight from Josh Allen, who saved Buffalo's season with a spectacular effort.___AP NFL: