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The NFL fined Houston Texans moving backmost Joe Mixon for comments helium ne'er made astir referees during the team's arguable playoff nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs past Saturday.
After Mixon and his cause appealed the good and publically pointed retired that Mixon did not marque those comments, the NFL re-issued the good with comments helium did make.
The archetypal good claimed Mixon said, "Why play the crippled if each 50/50 telephone goes with Chiefs. These officials are trash and bias."
That connection did not travel from Mixon. Former NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh wrote it successful a societal media post.
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Mixon past went connected a societal media tirade denying that helium made the connection and expressing outrage implicit the league's fine.
The NFL aboriginal re-issued the good with his existent words successful its place, which reads "Everybody knows however it is playing up here. You tin ne'er permission it successful the refs’ hands. The full satellite see, man," according to NBC Sports.
League rules prohibit nationalist disapproval of officiating "because it calls into question the integrity of, and nationalist assurance in, our game."
Officials came nether wide disapproval by Texans players and caput manager DeMeco Ryans, arsenic good arsenic galore media pundits and fans connected societal media implicit 2 questionably roughing the passer penalties that were called against the Texans for hits connected Patrick Mahomes past Saturday.
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The archetypal punishment came erstwhile Houston borderline rusher Will Anderson Jr. was called for roughing the passer connected a 3rd down successful the archetypal quarter. Anderson appeared to propulsion Mahomes successful the thorax aft helium had thrown an incomplete walk to choky extremity Travis Kelce. Anderson was flagged.
The 2nd punishment came during a Mahomes scramble successful the 3rd quarter. He had 2 blockers connected a tally and 3 defenders bearing down connected him. He moved to his close and past backmost to his near erstwhile helium decided to slide.
Head referee Clay Martin explained the calls to a excavation newsman aft the game, saying 1 of the arguable calls was a effect of "forcible interaction to the look disguise area," which warranted a flag. He said determination was forcible interaction to Mahomes’ "hairline" connected different unnecessary roughness call.
Mahomes himself has defended the referees for the calls erstwhile helium was asked by reporters Wednesday if helium believed referees were giving him preferential treatment.
"I don't consciousness that way,'' Mahomes answered. "At the extremity of the day, the referees are doing their champion to telephone the crippled arsenic just and arsenic due arsenic they perchance can. And each you tin bash is spell retired determination and play the crippled that you emotion arsenic hard arsenic you tin and unrecorded with the results. ... I deliberation that's what we preach present successful Kansas City.
"You get caller referees each year, you get caller circumstances, and you ne'er tin truly archer due to the fact that each play's different. And that's what makes the NFL truthful special. I consciousness similar I've conscionable continued to play the game, and I conscionable effort to win. And immoderate happens benignant of happens.''
Meanwhile, Kelce refused to talk connected the contented erstwhile helium was asked astir it by his brother, Jason Kelce, during their podcast "New Heights" connected Wednesday.
"I'd similar to plead the Fifth," the choky extremity said, jokingly referring to his law close to stay silent.
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