Troy Aikman, NFL fans livid over controversial penalty called on Patrick Mahomes hit: ‘Come on!’
NY Post
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.
Even analyst Troy Aikman and rules expert Russell Yurk, on the call for ESPN, were in disbelief at the flag.
“Oh, come on — I mean, he’s a runner,” Aikman lamented. “I could not disagree with that one more. He barely gets hit.”
“The two Houston players hit each other,” Yurk, a former NFL officiating executive, pointed out. “That should not have been a foul.”
“They’ve gotta address it in the offseason,” Aikman added.
Yellow flags flew in on the play — a first-and-10 from the Chiefs’ 35-yard line — after Mahomes scrambled out of the pocket and briefly turned upfield.