Texans star running back Joe Mixon had some words for the NFL after being fined for his postgame comments about the Chiefs and the referees. The post Joe Mixon Rips NFL in Public Tirade Following Chiefs-Texans Fines appeared first on Heavy Sports.

Joe Mixon witnessed how some penalties against the Houston Texans seemed to favor the Kansas City Chiefs, and he decided not to stay quiet, speaking out publicly about the referees.

HOUSTON – Texans Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon didn’t practice Thursday at the start of the AFC South champions’ final practice of the week before an AFC divisional round playoff road game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

Mixon presents a difficult look for the Chiefs. He is strong between the tackles but also has the ability to create havoc as a pass catcher. The Texans will be missing slot receiver Tank Dell due to an injury suffered at KC in Week 16 and could rely on Mixon to absorb some of those intermediate routes.

The Houston Texans will likely have Joe Mixon available for their AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Per NFL Network's

After being eliminated by the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Playoffs, Houston Texans star Joe Mixon spoke about the fines he received.

PM ET game airing live on ABC/ESPN, sportsbooks have listed player prop bet markets for Joe Mixon. Mixon’s Houston Texans head into a showdown with the Kansas

The NFL referees can make or break the game, and they certainly did that on Saturday and Joe Mixon was not happy about it. In the first quarter of Saturday’s playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Will Anderson got called for a controversial roughing the passer penalty on a sack of Patrick Mahomes. It led to three points.

The road to Super Bowl LIX in the AFC takes us to Arrowhead Stadium where the Buffalo Bills will visit their familiar foe in the Kansas City Chiefs. Two teams will step into this manic environment, but only one will emerge as AFC champions and have its ticket punched for New Orleans to play for the Lombardi Trophy.

Joe Mixon just got fined by the NFL for something a former player tweeted following Saturday’s loss in Kansas City.

And Mixon was fined by the league, except with one problem: He did not say the words that the league fined him for. In issuing the fine, the NFL apparently cited a Twitter/X post made by former Bengals star T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who wrote, "Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with Chiefs. These officials are (trash emojis) & bias."