Assuming that he was successful, you wind up with two extra downs after clocking the ball. When your top three receivers and you reigning OPOY all-world running back are out, you don’t really have many options besides just trying to live another down.
So you trust the QB that everyone is clamoring is ELITE to make a play. Idk if Mason is still banged, or the Chiefs D is this beastly (a little of both) but Mason has done nothing all game. It was a terrible playcall and being passive about it because of injuries is silly.
Assuming that he was successful, you wind up with two extra downs after clocking the ball. When your top three receivers and you reigning OPOY all-world running back are out, you don’t really have many options besides just trying to live another down.
Amazing how refs can be this bad at spotting the ball at the NFL level. If a high school ref somehow put the ball down a yard back of where it should have been, they probably get put on probation.