There isn’t officially a flopping penalty in the NFL rulebook. However, penalties for flops have been called before under the definition of unsportsmanlike conduct.
The two made some minor contact at the end of the play, as a rushing defensive lineman and a quarterback are wont to do. However, the officials flagged Anderson for roughing the passer anyhow. This call was so bad that ESPN rules analyst Russell Yurk didn’t even agree with it.
Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany Mahomes joined him at the Kansas City Chiefs’ AFC divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans Jan. 18, six days after she gave birth to their third baby.
NFL fans are up in arms and claiming that Patrick Mahomes and the KC Chiefs are getting "bailed out" in today's game against the Texans.
The Chiefs, seeking the first Super Bowl three-peat, will host the AFC Championship Game for the sixth time in the last seven years.
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.
The best quarterback in football has weathered changes around him with his persistence, problem-solving ability and willingness to adjust.
On Saturday it wasn't just disgruntled non-Chiefs fans sounding off. ESPN's Troy Aikman was not happy at all over an unnecessary roughness call on Patrick Mahomes that cost the Houston Texans 15 yards in an AFC divisional-round game at Arrowhead Stadium.
Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.
Check out this video of #Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes epic touchdown pass to TE Travis Kelce in Kansas City’s playoff matchup against the #Texans
Every game, Patrick Mahomes finds a way to do something special. His touchdown pass to Travis Kelce early in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s AFC Divisional Round game against the Houston Texans is the latest example.