On both plays I could see why the refs threw the flag even though they were a bit soft.
The first call it looks like the crown of Anderson's helmet hit's Mahomes on the facemask, especially from where the ref that threw the flag was standing. The contact was pretty light when you see it from the other angle, but from behind it looks like it was crown of helmet to facemask.
The second call is one that's annoying because Mahomes isn't really givng himself up and should be seen as a runner there, but it's also stupid by the defenders who launched themselves headfirst at Mahomes and end up making helmet to helmet contact with one another.
That's one of those where the refs saw the player launch at the guy helmet first and threw his flag, even though there was no contact. In the end it's a bad call because they didn't actually make contact, but was also just stupid by the defenders to launch headfirst at the guy they know is going to get that flag.
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