Troy Aikman is not identified to be one who holds his tongue.
And he did not begin at present with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
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In Kansas Metropolis’s 23-14 divisional spherical win over the Houston Texans, there have been a pair questionable calls that went in Mahomes’ favor when it got here to roughing the passer and pointless roughness flags.
On one particular occasion, Aikman could not consider it.
Mahomes scrambled out of the pocket, slowed down, waited for the defenders to get shut, then slid down in entrance of the defenders, forcing them to hit each other, whereas barely grazing Mahomes.
The flag got here out in opposition to the Texans.
“Oh, come on,” Aikman yelled.
“I imply, he is a runner.
“I couldn’t disagree with that yet another. He barely will get hit.”
ESPN’s guidelines analyst Russell Yurk agreed with Aikman that there mustn’t have been a flag.
“The 2 Houston gamers hit one another,” Yurk mentioned.
“That ought to not have been a foul.”
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Later within the recreation as Mahomes was working to the sideline, he flopped to get out of bounds.
The officers did not chunk, and Aikman was relieved.
“He is attempting to attract the penalty,” Aikman mentioned.
“Relatively than simply run out of bounds, he slows down.
“And that is been the frustration and I get it. I perceive it.
“That is been the frustration for these defensive gamers across the league.”
It is exhausting sufficient to beat Mahomes and the Chiefs as is, however issue within the luck they might or will not be getting on the subject of the officiating, and there is digital no probability for the opponent.
It will likely be an extended offseason with a whole lot of the discourse centered on the officers, and if Aikman has it his manner, he desires to see a whole lot of modifications.
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