Football is poetic. It is a story written as if the heartstrings had hands. UCLA's Troy Aikman, a man who found his rightful home in Westwood after an ill-fate
"Troy has won, lost, bled, sweated, and he's earned his opinion," Buck said. "That's what makes for great, honest TV."
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.
Fame quarterback-turned broadcaster expressed immense displeasure with penalties assessed to players who try to play defense against Patrick Mahomes
It has become a pastime for NFL fans to complain that the Kansas City Chiefs get all the calls. And NFL officials keep giving them reasons to complain. On Saturday it wasn't just disgruntled non-Chiefs fans sounding off.
Troy Aikman did not sound like his usual self while calling Monday night's NFC Wild Card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams,
If you bring the résumé to the table that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes does—six Pro Bowl appearances, three world championships and two MVPs—you are going to get the benefit of the doubt on some calls.
Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.
“I don’t feel that way,” Mahomes said Wednesday in his first media availability ahead of Sunday’s AFC title game against Buffalo, where the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs will try to earn a chance at a three-peat.
His agent said they planned to appeal the fine. But instead of just taking the L and admitting they screwed up, the NFL decided to revise their letter to Mixon and re-issue the fine for his own quote instead, which was clearly much less derogatory than the quote they cited in their original letter.
ESPN's Troy Aikman urges the NFL to join the NBA and NHL in seriously cracking down on floppers during the Texans-Chiefs divisional game.