Former NFL vice president of officiating Mike Pereira doesn't agree with fans who think the league is conspiring to help the Kansas City Chiefs, but wishes quarterback Patrick Mahomes was penalized for flopping.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a three-time Super Bowl champion with three Super Bowl MVP awards and two regular-season MVP awards. He's also a six-time Pro Bowler and has NFL Offensive Player of the Year,

The statement comes a day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called the Chiefs conspiracy theories “ridiculous.” NFLRA executive director Scott Green agreed with Goodell in the statement posted to X by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, and tried to illustrate how difficult something like that would be to pull off.