Who Really Won? Referee Brad Allen Embarrassed the NFL in Week 13

Instead, the Packers took the 27-19 win. But this was not the only missed call of the evening.

Brad Allen’s Miss on Kelce

Travis Kelce was also robbed of a two hand push call by Packers safety Jonathan Owens on the game ending Hail Mary pass thrown by Patrick Mahomes. It is true that referee’s allow more contact on throws like that, but this one was blatantly obvious. I think we can all agree that if this were a regular play, this would have been called. But that would most definitely lead to more Hail Mary passes thrown in the long run, so we can let this one go.

Pool report with referee Brad Allen on controversial late decisions: pic.twitter.com/mBhwJiRL0H

— Matt Schneidman (@mattschneidman) December 4, 2023

Mistaking NFL Rules

Allen was not the only official in the crew to screw up big time. Down judge Sarah Thomas also misunderstood the NFL rules when she stopped the clock and gave the Chiefs 19 seconds to run with at the end of the game.

This play occurred when the defender stopped Valdes-Scantling and forced him backwards while moving him out of bounds. She read it as Valdes-Scantling moving forward, which he clearly was not. If she made the correct call here the clock would have been running with 19 seconds remaining and the Chiefs would have had to rush to the line and spike the ball.