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.   Mahomes was running around and slid at the last possible second.

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

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.

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.

Football fans noticed the same concerning-looking thing about Troy Aikman during the Texans-Chiefs playoff game.

These days, most people know Troy Aikman as ESPN’s lead NFL color commentator, one half of a stellar duo with play-by-play person Joe Buck. But once upon a time, Aikman was a Dallas Cowboys legend, winning three Super Bowls with the franchise in the 1990s as their starting quarterback.

Owner and general manager Jerry Jones has called Sanders about the job, but no formal interview has been set up. Even so, on Friday, Dallas-based NFL insider Ed Werder reported that those around Sanders believe that he would take the job if offered.

Cowboys legend Troy Aikman joined the Musers on Sportsradio 96.7 FM/1310 The Ticket (KTCK-AM) Thursday for his regular weekly appearance to talk the coaching search in Dallas and more. Here are some highlights, edited for clarity:

With the Houston Texans trailing the Kansas City Chiefs 13–6 in the third quarter of Saturday's AFC divisional round playoff game, Houston running back Joe Mixon was on a mission to pull his team even in the biggest game of the season.

Patrick Mahomes got away with another one. During a first quarter drive in the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional round matchup against the Houston Texans, it looked as though Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense had been forced into a three-and-out.

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 was just one of the questionable calls against the Houston Texans, and the reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year called out the officiating after the game.