<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/texans-news-joe-mixon-25000-appeal-ref-comments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joe Mixon wins $25,000 appeal after ref comments');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Joe-Mixon-wins-25000-appeal-after-ref-comments.jpg"></figure><h1>Joe Mixon wins $25,000 appeal after ref comments</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-18T17:02:55-08:00">February 18th, 5:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-18T17:15:09-08:00">February 18th, 5:15pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The biggest story of the NFL postseason, aside from the Kansas City Chiefs attempting, and failing, to get Patrick the hat trick, was the perceived favoritism the Chiefs enjoyed from officials. Some fans around the league (outside of Kansas City) felt the Chiefs benefited from borderline calls that other teams, including the Houston Texans, simply didn’t get. Or, at the very least, didn’t get as consistently. The accusations became so prevalent that Chiefs players were repeatedly asked to address the controversy leading up to the Super Bowl, with head coach Andy Reid <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chiefs-news-andy-reid-fires-back-officiating-conspiracies">firing back at the alleged officiating conspiracy</a>.</p><p>As long as humans are involved in making decisions on the field in a fast-paced game, there are going to be mistakes. And it’s human nature to err on the side of the team that always seems to have a competitive advantage week-in week-out. But in Joe Mixon’s case, officials handed down a call long after the game was over, levying a $25,000 fine on the player. And, after having time to evaluate the highly suspect decision, officials doubled down on Mixon’s fine.</p><p>However, the Texans’ veteran running back would <a href="https://x.com/ESPNNFL/status/1891959797022380102" rel="noopener">not quietly accept his penalty</a>, as Mixon appealed the $25K fine imposed by the league and, ultimately, he won the case, according to NFL on ESPN.</p><h2><b>Texans RB Joe Mixon took on the NFL over bad Chiefs-related fine</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Joe-Mixon.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Medley-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The saga started following the Texans’ 32-14 divisional round defeat to the Chiefs on January 18. Mixon was fined $25,000 for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-calls-out-nfl-getting-fined-something-he-didnt-say">comments the league thought he made</a> about officiating in the game.</p><p>What Mixon actually said was, “Everybody knows how it is playing up here. You can never leave it into the refs’ hands… 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.”</p><p>The innocuous and undeniably accurate statement isn’t what initially landed Mixon in hot water with the league. Officials took issue with a different statement: “Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with the Chiefs. These officials are [trash] &amp; bias.” The only issue? Mixon didn’t say that. Former Bengals wideout T.J. Houshmandzadeh did.</p><p>It stands to reason that the NFL would recognize its mistake in misattributing the statement and quickly exonerate Mixon of any wrongdoing. Unfortunately, the league chose instead to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-fine-saga-officiating-comments-takes-another-twist">double down on penalizing the running back</a> despite acknowledging that Houshmandzadeh was responsible for the offending assertion.</p><p>“So let me get this straight. [The] NFL fines me 25k for something I didn’t even say… [I] Call them out for it, and their response was fine me AGAIN for something that’s not even a violation without even rescinding the first one,” Mixon wrote on X in an attempt to wrap his head around the Kafkaesque situation created and then exacerbated by the league.</p><p>Misattributed post-game comments aside, the Texans were unhappy with perceived favoritism for the Chiefs during the contest. Head coach DeMeco Ryans was not shy in stating his belief that Patrick Mahomes benefited from two <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-demeco-ryans-gets-100-real-on-controversial-patrick-mahomes-calls">questionable roughing the passer penalties</a> that kept drives alive and resulted in a combined 10 points for Kansas City. Ultimately, the Texans drew eight penalties for 82 yards compared to the Chiefs’ four flags for 29 yards. Ryans asserted that his team recognized going into the game that “It was us versus everybody. And I mean everybody.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joe Mixon wins $25,000 appeal after ref comments

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/texans-news-joe-mixon-fine-saga-officiating-comments-takes-another-twist');   ga('set', 'title', 'Texans’ Joe Mixon fine saga over officiating comments takes another twist');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Joe-Mixon-fine-saga-over-officiating-comments-takes-another-twist.jpg"></figure><h1>Texans’ Joe Mixon fine saga over officiating comments takes another twist</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-23T08:47:26-08:00">January 23rd, 8:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-23T08:47:26-08:00">January 23rd, 8:47am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joe <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-calls-out-nfl-getting-fined-something-he-didnt-say">Mixon was recently fined $25,000</a> for comments that the NFL thought he made after the Houston Texans’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round.</p><p>“Everybody knows how it is playing up here. You can never leave it into the refs’ hands,” Mixon said. “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.”</p><p>What happened was that Sports Illustrated attributed him to saying something that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43524448/joe-mixon-nfl-fine-reissued-actual-ref-comments" rel="noopener">said in agreement</a> with Mixon.</p><p>“Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with the Chiefs. These officials are [trash] &amp; bias,” Houshmandzaeh said.</p><p>The league fined Mixon for those comments instead, and his agent said he was going to appeal the fine. Now it seems like the league is still going to go through with the fine for the actual thing that Mixon said after the game. Mixon had been tweeting about the NFL all day, and after getting reissued the fine, he had more to say.</p><p>“So let me get this straight NFL fines me 25k for something I didn’t even say,” Mixon wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Call them out for it, and their response was fine me AGAIN for something that’s not even a violation without even rescinding the first one. Where’s the accountability? Just respect the players.”</p><h2>Joe Mixon, Texans call out officials after playoff loss</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Joe-Mixon_174783.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Medley-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Joe Mixon was not the only person from the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-calls-out-nfl-getting-fined-something-he-didnt-say">Texans who called out the officials</a> after their loss to the Chiefs. Will Anderson, who was called for a roughing the passer penalty on Patrick Mahomes, spoke about the call. When looking at the film, most would say that the hit was incidental.</p><p>“We knew it was going to be us against the refs going into this game,” Anderson said. “I talked to you guys earlier this week, and I was just saying, like, man, we gotta go out there, and we’ve got to do us better. And, you know, in some instances we didn’t do that. In some instances, we did. We’ve just gotta keep going, man. Next offseason, we get the guys together, and everybody just coming together and keep building that team chemistry to get passed this hump.”</p><p>Kansas City is always a tough place to play, and it seems like many people around the league share the same sentiment.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Texans’ Joe Mixon fine saga over officiating comments takes another twist

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/texans-news-joe-mixon-calls-out-nfl-getting-fined-something-he-didnt-say');   ga('set', 'title', 'Texans’ Joe Mixon calls out NFL for getting fined over something he didn’t say');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Joe-Mixon-calls-out-NFL-for-getting-fined-over-something-he-didnt-say.jpg"></figure><h1>Texans’ Joe Mixon calls out NFL for getting fined over something he didn’t say</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-22T12:32:35-08:00">January 22nd, 12:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-22T12:32:35-08:00">January 22nd, 12:32pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joe <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-reacts-rex-ryan-comment-chargers-getting-bye">Mixon had some choice words</a> after the Houston <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-most-blame-divisional-round-loss-chiefs">Texans lost to the Kansas City Chiefs</a> in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, but he was fined for something he didn’t even say.</p><p>The league fined Mixon $25,000 for saying “Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with Chiefs. These officials are trash and bias,” after the game. The thing is that those words <a href="https://x.com/Joe_MainMixon/status/1882125597897613561" rel="noopener">never came out of his mouth</a>, and it was from a story that Sports Illustrated wrote.</p><p>What Mixon actually said was “Everybody know how it is playing up here. You can never leave it into the refs hands. The whole world see, man.”</p><p>After the fine, Mixon called out the NFL on X, formerly Twitter, saying I’m getting fined by the NFL for what someone else said. What’s next? I get fined by them for Connor McDavid cross checking an opponent on a NHL game!”</p><p>It looks as if Mixon’s agent, Peter Schaffer, will defend and appeal the fine, and there’s a very good chance that it will be rescinded.</p><h2>Texans open up about controversial call during vs. Chiefs</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Joe-Mixon_76e83b.jpg"><figcaption>Denny Medley-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In the second quarter of the Texans’ game against the Chiefs, Will Anderson was called for a roughing the passer call on Patick Mahomes when the contact seemed to be incidental. The Chiefs ended that drive with a field goal, and after the game, head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-demeco-ryans-gets-100-real-on-controversial-patrick-mahomes-calls">DeMeco Ryans spoke about the questionable calls</a> against them.</p><p>“We knew going into this game that it was us vs. everybody,” Ryans said. “Going with what we were up against, we can’t make the mistakes that we made. Self-inflicted mistakes, Special teams, not converting kicks. We didn’t protect the quarterback.”</p><p>When <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-will-anderson-echos-demeco-ryans-comments-divisional-round-officials">Anderson was asked about the call</a>, he had almost the same response as Ryans.</p><p>“We knew it was going to be us against the refs going into this game,” Anderson said. “I talked to you guys earlier this week, and I was just saying, like, man, we gotta go out there, and we’ve got to do us better. And, you know, in some instances we didn’t do that. In some instances, we did. We’ve just gotta keep going, man. Next offseason, we get the guys together, and everybody just coming together and keep building that team chemistry to get passed this hump.”</p><p>There may be a lot of players in the league who think that it’s hard to play in Kansas City, especially factoring in their dominance at home.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Texans’ Joe Mixon calls out NFL for getting fined over something he didn’t say

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/texans-news-texans-get-official-joe-mixon-azeez-al-shaair-injury-status-for-chiefs-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Texans get official Joe Mixon, Azeez Al-Shaair injury status for Chiefs clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Houston-gets-official-Joe-Mixon-Azeez-Al-Shaair-injury-status-for-Chiefs-clash-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Texans get official Joe Mixon, Azeez Al-Shaair injury status for Chiefs clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-16T15:41:56-08:00">January 16th, 3:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-17T15:42:14-08:00">January 17th, 3:42pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a>Steve Silverman has been covering the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly, and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-cj-stroud-reveals-recent-matchup-chiefs-helps-playoff-battle">Houston Texans are facing</a> perhaps the most daunting task of the NFL’s divisional playoff round as they go to Kansas City to face the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Texans RB Joe Mixon is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game at Kansas City. <a href="https://t.co/nvQR3xLlCU">pic.twitter.com/nvQR3xLlCU</a></p><p>— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1880011968767225881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Head coach DeMeco Ryans hopes to take a confident team to Arrowhead Stadium that can compete with the Chiefs for 60 minutes and walk away with an upset victory.</p><p>The Texans are 8.5-point underdogs in the game that is scheduled to kick off at 4:30 p.m. ET and will be televised by ABC and ESPN. However, they may be without top running back Joe Mixon and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair.</p><p>Mixon <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1880011968767225881">did not practice</a> Thursday due to his ankle injury and is listed as questionable. What makes it particularly troubling is that Mixon participated in a limited manner Wednesday, but he could not return to the practice field the following day. Al-Shaair was a limited participant Thursday with a knee injury, and he is also listed as questionable for Saturday’s game.</p><p>Mixon played a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-x-factor-chiefs-2025-nfl-playoffs-not-cj-stroud">huge role for the Texans</a> in their Wild Card victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. Mixon carried the ball 25 times for 106 yards against the Chargers and scored a touchdown.</p><p>His contribution helped take some of the pressure off second-year quarterback CJ Stroud, who did not have to carry the offense in large part because of Mixon’s contribution. Stroud completed 22 of 33 passes for 282 yards and threw one TD pass and just one interception.</p><p>Al-Shaair played a key role for the Houston defense as he contributed six tackles to the 32-12 victory.</p><h2><b>Mixon’s presence is vital to Texans’ offense</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Joe-Mixon-has-been-vital-to-the-Texans-offense.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas Shea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Texans have a huge task at hand in battling head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes. While Kansas City has not been as prolific on offense the last two seasons as they had been earlier, they have the experience and know-how to light up the scoreboard in the most important games.</p><p>More than that, the Texans will need a balanced offense to have a chance at penetrating the dangerous Chiefs defense that finished <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/defense/season/2024/seasontype/2/table/passing/sort/totalPointsPerGame/dir/asc">fourth in points allowed</a> during the regular season, allowing 19.2 points per game.</p><p>Mixon rushed for 1,016 yards on 245 carries with 11 touchdowns during the regular season. He averaged 4.1 yards per carry and had eight carries of 20 yards or more. Mixon also demonstrated that he was a capable receiver for Stroud, catching 36 passes for 309 yards with one touchdown.</p><p>If Mixon is unable to play, the pressure will ratchet up on Stroud and head coach DeMeco Ryans. Dare Ogunbowale is <a href="https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchart/HOU">listed as the backup</a> to Mixon, and he was quite limited during the regular season. He carried the ball 30 times for 112 yards, and he did not get into the end zone.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Texans get official Joe Mixon, Azeez Al-Shaair injury status for Chiefs clash

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He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Texans</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Texans came into Wild Card Weekend with no momentum, even after coming off of a win. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-fatal-flaw-that-will-doom-them-in-2025-nfl-playoffs">Texans had been playing their worst football</a> lately, leading many to pick the Los Angeles Chargers to beat them in the opening game of the playoffs. That didn’t play out on the field, however, as the Texans crushed the Chargers 32-12 on Saturday.</p><p>Before the game, ESPN analyst <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-reacts-rex-ryan-comment-chargers-getting-bye">Rex Ryan called the game a “bye week” for the Chargers</a>, who came into the game playing some. very good football. The Texans were widely viewed as the worst team in the playoff field, but they quickly proved that wrong. After the game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-joe-mixon-revenge-rex-ryan-bye-week-diss">Joe Mixon went on Instagram Live to troll Ryan</a> about his outrageous claim, and head coach DeMeco Ryans <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1878453928209035639" rel="noopener">quickly followed</a>, via Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Texans</a> HC DeMeco Ryans after beating the Chargers: "Outstanding job by everybody! That was their bye week?"</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/GzowWlECpz">pic.twitter.com/GzowWlECpz</a> <a href="https://t.co/zicdD2NmH1">https://t.co/zicdD2NmH1</a></p><p>— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1878453928209035639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After a slow start, the Texans slowly started to dial in and play some of the best football that they have all season in this game. Their defense suffocated Justin Herbert and the Chargers offense, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-cj-stroud-delivers-words-of-wisdom-after-wild-card-win-over-chargers">CJ Stroud made a bunch of plays</a> in the passing game that resembled his rookie year and the Texans even started to run the ball effectively.</p><p>Now, the Texans await their next opponent based on the result of the final game in the AFC Wild Card picture. They will play on the road against either the Baltimore Ravens or the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round.</p><h2><b>Texans defense proves why they’re one of the NFL’s best vs. Chargers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Texans-defense.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Houston Texans surprisingly came into Wild Card weekend as underdogs against the Chargers, but their defense showed up in a major way to get a convincing win and build some momentum and some confidence heading into next week.</p><p>Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert came into the game after throwing just three interceptions all season long, but the Texans forced him into mistake after mistake on Saturday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-interception-stat-texans">Herbert finished the game with four picks</a>, surpassing his regular season total, including a crucial pick-six to Eric Murray in the fourth quarter that put the game out of reach.</p><p>The Texans’ secondary was on fire in this one — in addition to Murray, Kamari Lassiter made a great interception and All-Pro corner <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/texans-news-patrick-star-not-believe-derek-stingley-jr-interception">Derek Stingley Jr. added two picks of his own</a> — but that wasn’t the only part of the defense that played some of its best ball. The Texans constantly pressured Herbert with their front, and the front seven prevented the Chargers from staying ahead of there sticks and controlling the line of scrimmage with the run game.</p><p>Star edge rushers Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter were headaches for Jim Harbaugh and company all day long, even against the Chargers’ great tackle duo. The Texans worked the two into the game with a variety of stunts and twists to create matchup advantages, and Anderson and Hunter took advantage. Despite being one of the best sack avoiders in the NFL, Herbert took four sacks (1.5 from Anderson) to set the team back on multiple occasions.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
RUSHING YDS	RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOTAL TDS	POSITION RANK
1734.3	61.5	527.5	21.7	8

2024 SEASON STATS
RUSHING YDS	RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOTAL TDS	POSITION RANK
1734.3	61.5	527.5	21.7	8

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