The Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered a heartbreaking loss on Monday Night Football in Week 9, losing 30-24 in overtime to the Kansas City Chiefs. They are now 4-5 on the season and find themselves in a perilous position as they are without their two star wide receivers.

To make the loss a little more painful for Tampa Bay, the team had the opportunity to postpone the game. After Todd Bowles scored late in the game, he opted for a conservative play call and kicked an extra point to tie the game. In the end they lost in overtime.

The Buccaneers' unwillingness to go for a two-point conversion to win the game potentially cost them a big upset win on the road against the Chiefs, which would have seen them knock off an undefeated team.

READ MORE: Buccaneers fans react to Todd Bowles' decision not to attempt 2-point conversion in Chiefs' deciding game

Instead, Tampa Bay now has a losing record and is trending in the wrong direction midway through the season.

Not only did Tampa Bay's head coach make a mistake, but Buccaneers fans are upset about two missed hold calls, as @TheSamerAli filed the original complaint, with @saustinperkins pointing to two videos of crucial, late missed calls by the referees pointed out.

Via @TheSamerAli: “An obvious false start”

Via @JamesRiedel: “Why aren’t the refs calling for the Chiefs to be held? They stop almost every play.”

Via @CLARKEANATOR2: “74 for the Chiefs (Jawaan Taylor) starts wrong on every single snap and saves 75% of his snaps. JUST LOOK AT HIM. IT'S blatant. Stripes are in cahoots with KC and it’s been that way for ’15’s entire career.”

About @Ryan31297: “Referees just ignore everything the bosses do. False starts and holds. They just scored a touchdown on a clear false start.”

The fans are right to be upset because it seemed like the Chiefs got lucky. The Buccaneers have to cope with a difficult defeat. There were factors they could control beyond the missed calls, but not getting those calls is still pretty painful for Tampa Bay.

READ MORE: Buccaneers fall to Chiefs 30-24 in OT despite strong fourth-quarter comeback

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