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Troy Aikman was on the call for Kansas City’s Divisional Round win against the Houston Texans. The ESPN analyst was not afraid to call out officiating during the game, particularly when it came to flags thrown after Patrick Mahomes was hit.
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The number of fans complaining about the officials in regards to the Kansas City Chiefs has only grown after the team punched its ticket to a fifth Super Bowl
The referees’ alleged Chiefs bias has become a hot topic this postseason, with Kansas City being on the right end of some debatable rulings.
Fox Sports will be broadcasting the big game, and they will have their top crew on the call—Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady. This will be Brady’s first time calling a Super Bowl, after signing a massive 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox after he retired from playing.
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 ...
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.
Throughout the NFL postseason, countless fans have spoken out against the perceived favoritism that the Kansas City Chiefs have gotten from referees. But perhaps the most notable comments on the matter actually came from Hall of Fame quarterback turned ESPN NFL broadcaster Troy Aikman.
Troy Aikman, Hall of Famer and ESPN’s star commentator, was one of the most talked-about voices during the NFL postseason. During the broadcast of the Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup, the former quarterback openly criticized officiating and the inconsistency in roughing-the-passer calls.
The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to yet another Super Bowl. The reigning, two-time world champions took down Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in a thrilling AFC Championship game on Sunday