During the Kansas City Chiefs' Week 3 win over the Miami Dolphins, defensive end Chop Robinson hit quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the end zone to cause an incompletion and seemingly force a punt. However, one of the officials called a roughing the passer penalty on Robinson that completely changed the trajectory of the game. And from another angle, former NFL QB Chase Daniels showed how the ref threw the flag before the questionable (at best) penalty was even committed.

“Watch this ref. See how quickly he pulls the flag out,” Daniel showed on his podcast, The Breakdown. “So, that's a little bit— that's a little bit weird. Already going to it. Already going to it, right? He's pulling for it already. That's crazy. The flag is out before [Robinson] even finishes the act.”

Patrick Mahomes getting body slammed & still making this throw is unreal

This is 100% a penalty by the way… pic.twitter.com/5OEvljYssu

— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) October 1, 2026

Daniel finishes by speculating that maybe he was “calling something else,” and not throwing the roughing the passer flag. Also, earlier in the video, Daniel says he does believe it was the correct call, but admits Robinson did his best to take his weight off Mahomes, and that he might be biased as a former QB.

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Despite all the caveats, Daniel seems to have a hard time coming to grips with the fact that the referee was readying to throw the flag as soon as Rbinson came through the line untouched, and then threw it well before the DE landed on the QB with any body weight.

For years, NFL fans have complained that Mahomes and the Chiefs have received preferential treatment from officiating crews, and an incident like this will only add fuel to the fire.

And while the Chiefs ended up winning this game handily, there is a case to be made that it is only because of this penalty. At the time of this future-seeing call, the Dolphins were down just 14-10 with just over two minutes to go in the third quarter. They would have received the ball with great field position and could have easily taken the lead or narrowed it to one point.

Instead, the Chiefs took the first down, matriculated the ball down the field, and got a field goal to go up 17-10. The game finished 24-10, which just so happened to cover the Chiefs' -11.5 spread.