Mahomes hard to beat.
Clete Blakeman will be the head referee. Blakeman's crew refereed one Bills game in the regular season and zero Chiefs games. In the Week 17 game between Buffalo and the Jets, there were 23 penalties, including seven on the Bills.
Per nflpenalties.com, Blakeman and his team have officiated 16 games in 2024, and the top five penalties the crew handed out were for false start (45 times), offensive holding (42 times), unnecessary roughness (23 times), defensive pass interference (18 times), and defensive holding (15 times).
Bills and Chiefs record with Clete Blakeman
Buffalo is 11-7 and and Kansas City is 10-7, including 3-4 over the last five years, with Blakeman as a referee, according to Pro Football Reference.