Football fans noticed the same concerning-looking thing about Troy Aikman during the Texans-Chiefs playoff game.
His agent said they planned to appeal the fine. But instead of just taking the L and admitting they screwed up, the NFL decided to revise their letter to Mixon and re-issue the fine for his own quote instead, which was clearly much less derogatory than the quote they cited in their original letter.
With 1:41 left in the third quarter of the Chiefs' divisional-round rendezvous with the Houston Texans, a slide by Mahomes caused two Texans defenders to run into each other. The play drew a flag for unnecessary roughness, which Aikman criticized on air after rebuking a similar marginal moment earlier.
Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.
"Troy has won, lost, bled, sweated, and he's earned his opinion," Buck said. "That's what makes for great, honest TV."
Troy Aikman isn’t known to be one who holds his tongue. And he didn’t start today with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. In Kansas City’s 23-14 divisional round win over the
Houston's Henry To'oTo'o was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty after hitting a sliding Mahomes at the end of a play — a hit the officials deemed to be to the head and neck area of the Chiefs star.
ESPN commentator Troy Aikman in awe of Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr.'s 8-yard TFL vs. Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy in red zone.
NFL fans were mortified by when referees levied an unnecessary roughness penalty on the Texans in the third quarter of Saturday’s AFC divisional round game against Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City — a game the Chiefs went on to win 23-14.
With the Houston Texans trailing the Kansas City Chiefs 13–6 in the third quarter of Saturday's AFC divisional round playoff game, Houston running back Joe Mixon was on a mission to pull his team even in the biggest game of the season.
ESPN analyst Troy Aikman ripped the officials in Saturday’s AFC divisional-round game between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs for a controversial late hit call that went against the Texans.