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.

"Troy has won, lost, bled, sweated, and he's earned his opinion," Buck said. "That's what makes for great, honest TV."

The play where Patrick Mahomes slid to secure the down sparked a strong comment from Troy Aikman, who didn’t hesitate for a second to disagree with the call in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs against the Houston Texans.

Troy Aikman had everybody agreeing with him after he stated the league needs to review how they QBs take hits.

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

Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.

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.

If you watch a lot of NFL broadcasts like I do, you’ve probably noticed there’s a certain way broadcasters usually talk about the referees. They rarely criticize them directly, even when they seem wrong.

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During the AFC Divisional Round game between the Chiefs and Texans, the Chiefs benefitted by a few calls made against the Texans.

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were on the call for the first game of the NFL's Divisional weekend on Saturday afternoon. ESPN had the AFC matchup between the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans.