Chiefs replayed down controversy explain

The Chiefs vs. Bengals AFC championship game took a turn for the conspiracy-minded when, in a 20-20 game in the fourth quarter, the Chiefs were given an extra shot at convering on third down because of wonky officiating. Ilya Samsonov Jersey With just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation, Kansas City ran a play on third-and-9 that fell short of the first-down marker. As the Chiefs' offense went to the sideline for an apparent punt, officials convened to discu s the clock.GAMING SURVEY: Referree Ron Torbert ruled that the play should be nullified because of a timekeeping mistake on the preceding second-down play, an incomplete pa s. The Chiefs were awarded another third-down play, baffling Aaron Ness Jersey NFL fans watching.The call apparently came from the league office in New York. An official was coming onto the field from the sideline during the initial third-down play because of the clock i sue.CHIEFS-BENGALS:Fans weren't the only ones confused. CBS broadcasters Jim Nantz and Tony Romo took i sue with the extra play as well and were stunned when the Chiefs' offense came back onto the field.Why is he trying to stop the play and if no one heard him why did the Chiefs get another play? I'm so confsued Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin) Bengals coach Zac Taylor was, unsurprisingly, livid.Zac Taylor is not a happy camper rn NFL on Evgeny Kuznetsov Jersey CBS (@NFLonCBS) On the second third-and-9 play, a defensive holding penalty by Bengals cornerback Eli Apple negated a sack of Patrick Mahomes and gave the Chiefs a first down.As dangerous as the Chiefs are, however, they picked up just 1 more yard on the series, thus making the difference of the do-over a lo s of 1 minute, 10 seconds off the clock which, in the interest of fairne s, was incredibly important at that stage of such a big game.Kansas City went on Alexander Alexeyev Jersey to win 23-20 and advance to Super Bowl 57 against the Eagles.MORE:Torbert told pool reporter Ben Baby of ESPN that the third down was replayed because the ball had to be respotted after second down and the play clock and game clock started running, despite the previous play having been an incomplete pa s. When the field judge noticed the clock had begun to wind, he tried to shut the play down, but nobody heard him and the play went off. Once the play ended, he came over to explain the situation and called to replay the third down.Asked if it was the correct decision to replay the down, Torbert said the crew followed normal protocol."If we were trying to Nic Dowd Jersey shut down the play and we couldn't, we would shut it down and go back and replay the down," Torbert said.Pool report on the third down do-over Jay Morrison (@JayMorrisonATH) MORE:Unsurprisingly, #NFLRigged immediately started to trend on Twitter as people reacted to the baffling sequence.Bengals fans already had Torbert's number after Super Bowl 56 last year, and this is only going to make him more hated.