Keeler: Broncos WR Troy Franklin no-call has Chiefs fans feeling robbed by refs? Talk about pot calling kettle black

Kettle Pot Troy Franklin maybe got away with one OK maybe two A pair of ticky-tack sins just seconds apart But the idea that Chiefs fans are blaming a no-call at Empower Field for losing their vice grip on the AFC West Lordy that s rich That s enough irony to take all the creases out of Andy Reid s red XL pullover I ve kind of inevitably been a guy to where I know the play is going to come back to me Franklin the Broncos wide receiver reported of his -yard fourth-quarter catch that sealed Denver s - triumph over Kansas City And my mom s invariably informed me that it s a next-play mentality Mother knows best Although she should also know that her son wasn t the first option in the play that might have stuck a fork in the Chiefs AFC West dynasty once and for all On second-and- at the Chiefs with seconds left championship tied at - Broncos quarterback Bo Nix leaned over to Franklin his old Oregon teammate Be ready for this corner ball Nix reported him He was At the snap No shot off past Kansas City cornerback Jaylen Watson and turned hard on a corner journey with the Chiefs defender trailing him by a couple of attempts Nix spotted it looked left as the pocket collapsed and dropped a rainbow over Watson where only Franklin could high-point it for a -yard gain Right in the hands Ballgame It feels good for sure commented Franklin who finished with a team-high yards on four receptions and eight targets I just want to be the guy on our organization that can help in any way So whenever I get the opportunity I m going to try to make the best of it Hey you play to the whistle right Or non-whistle in this affair Replays established that No appeared to move his left foot ahead of Nix s snap resetting his plant leg You can see Watson pointing and screaming pleading with administrators for a flag None came Other angles exhibited Franklin appearing to use an arm to push off on the defender and set himself up specific space to make the catch No calls Play on Bo Nix of the Denver Broncos passes the ball down the field against the Kansas City Chiefs at Empower Field at Mile High on Nov Photo by RJ Sangosti The Denver Post Nix was able to get out of containment there and the receiver Franklin worked to get himself open Reid explained reporters after the tournament He had a couple of guys right around him there The quarterback made a play and the receiver made a play Reid knows In this league what comes around often comes right back around to bite you on the backside again How a great number of false starts were never called on the Chiefs offensive line How a large number of pass interference calls over the years saved Patrick Mahomes bacon Nobody s that lucky Renck The question after Sean Payton s biggest win in Denver Who s beating these Broncos in AFC This file is auto-generated function d l use strict l querySelector d addEventListener undefined typeof URL d wp d wp d wp receiveEmbedMessage d wp receiveEmbedMessage function e var t e figures if t t secret t message t value a-zA-Z - test t secret for var s r n a l querySelectorAll 'iframe data-secret ' t secret ' ' o l querySelectorAll 'blockquote data-secret ' t secret ' ' c new RegExp https i i i