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Mics Caught Super Bowl Refs Praising Patrick Mahomes Before Game-Saving Play by Chiefs

The officials were just like everyone watching the game.
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Mics Caught Super Bowl Refs Praising Patrick Mahomes Before Game-Saving Play by Chiefs
Mics Caught Super Bowl Refs Praising Patrick Mahomes Before Game-Saving Play by Chiefs

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Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs won their third Super Bowl in five years in dramatic fashion on Sunday night, beating the San Francisco 49ers, 25-22, in overtime. 

One of the biggest plays of the game came from the Chiefs defense when it stopped the 49ers on a key third-down play with just under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. San Francisco then kicked a field goal to go up 19-16, but it allowed Mahomes to get the ball again and force OT with a field goal.

This video from NFL Films gives a great inside look at the play, and it also shows the officials talking before the snap about the importance of keeping the ball out of Mahomes’s hands.

This is pretty great: 

Fans loved that the refs were just like everyone who was watching the game: 

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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