Chiefs lash out at officiating

? A non-call on Rodney Harrison’s end-zone interception Monday night has the Kansas City Chiefs fuming.

But it was the same thing that seems to happen week after week to All-Pro tight end Tony Gonzalez, frustrating the Chiefs to the point they’ve stopped submitting the weekly officiating critiques the league asks for.

Chiefs president Carl Peterson has stopped speaking to the officials altogether.

“They don’t call holding or pass interference when Tony is involved,” coach Dick Vermeil said Tuesday. “He is a very prolific red-zone offensive player, and he always gets held, chucked or tackled.”

Trailing 17-10 Monday night, the Chiefs faced third-and-goal from the New England nine with 54 seconds left in the first half. Gonzalez, lined up on the right side of quarterback Trent Green, broke for the end zone. Harrison and linebacker Roman Phifer met him at the line and began bumping and harassing him, then seemed to keep bumping him into the end zone.

As the ball went sailing toward the three, Phifer’s arm appeared to be locked in Gonzalez’s. The ball was underthrown, and Harrison stepped in front and made the interception in a game the Patriots eventually won, 27-19.

“It makes it tough on us when you don’t get a call, especially against the world champions,” Gonzalez said.

Also Tuesday, the Chiefs announced running back Priest Holmes would miss his third straight game Sunday. Holmes sustained a ligament injury to his right knee Nov. 7.