The Chiefs almost broke Daniel Jones in half.
As Jones was scrambling to try and pick up a first down, he was met by Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed who leveled Jones out of bounds.
Daniel Jones takes a hard hit as he goes out of bounds. Should this have been called a late hit on the Chiefs? pic.twitter.com/knDFHa36GT
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) September 21, 2026
Jones was short of the sticks but the Colts went for it and picked up the first down on the next play.
Viewers reaction:
Adam Gorham: If that was Mahomes there would have been a flag throw by every ref and a few ejections.
Jeffrey Bengston: If that happened to Mahomes all the players would be ejected and fined
image: “After further review, the glorious NFL darling Chiefs did absolutely no wrong, no foul guys, nothing to see here”
John Parrish: If it was Kermit that would have been flags all day long
Jerry McCloy: If that was Mahomes, flags would have been flying.
image: Imagine if that was Mahomo getting hit out bounds like Jones did? Defender would have been suspended for the rest of season. Facts
image: Waiting for the if this was Mahomes they would get arrested comments
Jonathan Ray Perry: You know football is back when the Kansas City swifties get away with dirty hits
Cody Wood: A lot of people here don’t understand the rules of football. No part of Jones was out of bounds. Legal hit Chiefs Nearly Break Daniel Jones With Huge Hit.
Kyle Sole: You know the chiefs are back when the comment section is crying like toddlers
Charles Bennett: If that was Mahoneyevery flag in the house would have been thrown
image: Looked clean to me. 4th down
Justin Caroselli: Well at least the comment section knows…
Kevin Schmidt: As a Colts fan, that is a legal hit. Also as a Colts fan, if that’s Mahomes there is a phantom flag.
Justin Hedden: If it was Mahomes there’d be 20 flags on the field…
Shannon Orscheln: “If That was Mahomes”
Matthew Addington: That’s the same play and hit that started the legend of Tom Brady.
Tyler Bryant: Vonteze Burfict just got fined for this hit………
Igör Gä: Swifties at the stadium are livid right now
Donovin Dunlap: He was going for the first? He didn’t give him self up
Jacob Barnes: Chiefs got some great defenders
Steve Neville: AR getting ready
Jacob Gillespie: If it was Mahomes it would’ve been a penalty
Joseph Tennant: Not late but you know they would have flagged the colts if that was fat pat.
Frank Franklin: The man jumped toward the first down mark it’s his own fault Chiefs Nearly Break Daniel Jones With Huge Hit.
Jeremiah Rodriguez: Look @ everyone coming to ride mahomes meat lmao. Yall gotta let it go at some point there’s more to life I promise .
Donald Ingram Jr.: He was going to jump for first down had to hit him
Terry Wallen: He was out of bounds and got hit. It’s the Chiefs way!
Robbie Day: Refs will always help Chiefs
Ed Miller: Say what you about about Jones but the guy is tough. Dude got killed in NY behind those horrible Giants olines
Austin Harris: Wasn’t even that bad
Andrew Garcia: If ThAt WaZ mAhOmEz…….
image: And no penalty! Go figure
Joshua Newman: That should’ve been a flag
Mark Reming: Ordinarily I would be watching SNF, something I really look forward to, but when I saw who was playing, I realized I saw enough shots of Tay Tay in the luxury box every time Travis was within fifteen yards of the ball last Monday – for the whole year actually. So, I’m good.
Noah Ackley: AND NO FLAG. WHAT A SURPRISE
Derek Brown: Somehow no penalty
Andrew Price: Let it had been Mahomes though
Matthew Stewart: Should have been a call on them. He was out and didn’t need to thrash jones. There db got called for shoving downs out of bounds. Same difference.
