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The NFL has fined Texans RB Joe Mixon $25,000 for criticizing the officiating following Houston’s playoff loss to the Chiefs, per ESPN’s DJ Bien-Aime.
Pro Football Talk reports the NFL initially cited a quote that was incorrectly attributed to Mixon. The letter has since been revised to include Mixon’s actual comments, which the NFL is maintaining rose to the level of a finable offense.
“Everybody knows how it is playing up here. You can never leave it into the refs’ hands,” Mixon said after the game this weekend, via ESPN. “The whole world sees, man, what it is. When it comes down to it, you can never leave it into the refs’ hands. It’s all good, though.”
The NFL prohibits players, coaches and officials from criticizing the officials under penalty of a fine.
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