Joe Mixon was punished by the NFL for words he never even said. The Texans running back was fined $25,000 for what the NFL believed to be Mixon’s criticism of the officials after Houston’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Division game.

Joe Mixon and his agent are claiming the NFL fined the Houston Texans running back $25,000 for comments he did not make following the AFC divisional round defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.

On Saturday, former NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh was among many observers to rail—fairly or unfairly—against perceptions of officiating bias in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs. "Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with Chiefs,

Joe Mixon rightfully had some harsh words for the NFL on Twitter after a pretty costly blunder had the Houston Texans' running back invoking Connor McDavid, of all athletes, in his rant. We're a few days out from the mess that was the Kansas City Chiefs playoff victory