['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

There is zero evidence whether you like or not, that Clay doesn't 100% believe what he posted.

And how was this verified?

Bieniemy failed in this situation, and everyone in the NFL knows it.

(1) (0:09–2nd) Timeout #1 by CIN at 00:09.

Bieniemy tells Mahomes he has a timeout left and they had five play calls lined up, two of which were runs that were never sent in.

The first play failed. Bieniemy then told Mahomes he had one timeout left, and to run play X, or take a field goal.

The narrative that Bieniemy only wanted a field goal is 100 percent false. Bieniemy called the play that resulted in a doomed pass to Hill, not Reid.

Mahomes then tried to call timeout, and the clock expired.

Bieniemy called the entire game. While Reid can chime in at any point and toss out a call, Bieniemy had full play-calling authority via his contract.

(2) Bieniemy and Mahomes get into it at half time, in the tunnel and in the locker room. There was in-the-face yelling before Reid and the other coaches stepped in. It happened again after the game. Any remaining confidence or trust in the relationship was broken at that point.

(3) Anyone who has played QB at a higher level will say the headset can’t be chaotic. Usually only one coach has access, but this goes unchecked by the NFL.

Unfortunately, those in-game moments where Mahomes is squeezing his helmet and receiving calls late, is due to multiple voices on the hot mic. This happened multiple times in 2021, and during the AFC Championship, it was chaotic, particularly before the final snap prior to halftime.

Nobody can say exactly when this happened but at one point during the AFC Championship, the following exchange took place after Bienemy called a play.

Reid: “No, run this”

Bieniemy: “What the ****.”

Kafka: “We’re blowing this game.”

Mahomes: “Call the ****ing play or I will.”