"Troy has won, lost, bled, sweated, and he's earned his opinion," Buck said. "That's what makes for great, honest TV."
Troy Aikman had everybody agreeing with him after he stated the league needs to review how they QBs take hits.
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.
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.
Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.
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
Football fans noticed the same concerning-looking thing about Troy Aikman during the Texans-Chiefs playoff game.
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.
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.
The NFL could further tweak its replay-assist system in the offseason to deal with plays like Saturday’s penalized hits on the Chiefs quarterback.
Watch highlights of Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud during the 2024 NFL season. Watch highlights from the AFC Divisional Round matchup between the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs. Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud's accuracy is 100 on sideline dime to tight end Dalton Schultz in fourth quarter for 18 yards.