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

The officials were just like everyone watching the game.

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: 

Biggest snap of the game, and Spags dialed up a beauty 🎨@InsideTheNFL: Super Bowl Mic'd Up starts NOW on @TheCW pic.twitter.com/gHgTRqa7XK

— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) February 14, 2024

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

Cracking up at Bill Vinovich saying, "you don't want to Mahomes the ball back" to a fellow official during the time-out https://t.co/EcXc9A8uGr

— sita (@bluebirdmyna) February 14, 2024

Lmfaooooo everyone knew don’t give Mahomes the ball back https://t.co/Y9mpgMGBtp

— Jèfè Rico (@jefe_star) February 14, 2024

I’d love more refs mic’d up lmao https://t.co/MktrumO10R

— B (@hoohg_) February 14, 2024

The refs. 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/5DFEp1vfs1

— Dumebi (@sankhalifah) February 14, 2024

lmao the refs so real https://t.co/SDGvE8lV44

— ava⸆⸉🏎️ (@sportsswiftie) February 14, 2024

Even the refs fear what Mahomes can do with enough clock on the board https://t.co/sRpbYUTzyn

— Mr NBT (@JoeNBT) February 14, 2024