Furious Joe Mixon claims NFL fined him $25k for a former player's criticism of referee in Chiefs vs Texans

Houston Texans prima Joe Mixon and his cause person claimed the NFL fined the moving backmost $25,000 for comments helium did not marque criticizing officials aft his team's nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Chiefs defeated the Texans successful the Divisional circular 23-14, with respective calls from the officials questioned by the nationalist and those successful Houston.

Mixon's postgame comments sounded arsenic if helium knew helium would get fined if helium spoke immoderate much negatively astir the referees. A punctuation helium claims helium did not accidental was besides attributed to him by Sports Illustrated, which appears to beryllium the root of the NFL's accusation connected the matter.  

'Everybody knows however it is playing up here. You tin ne'er permission it into the refs' hands,' Mixon did accidental aft the season-ending loss. 'The full satellite sees, man, what it is. When it comes down to it, you tin ne'er permission it into the refs' hands. It's each good, though.'

Here's the spot that Mixon and his cause assertion helium did not accidental and appears to person crossed the enactment with the NFL, 'Why play the crippled if each 50/50 telephone goes with Chiefs. These officials are [trash] & bias.'

The punctuation appears to beryllium from a societal media connection from erstwhile NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh. 

Mixon reacted to the good connected societal media soon aft it was announced. 

'I’m getting fined by the @nfl for what idiosyncratic other said. What’s next? I get fined by them for Connor McDavid transverse checking an hostile connected a @nhl game!'

'& truly tried to good maine 4 the max that’s caput blowing… smh'

Mixon's agent, Peter Schaffer, told ESPN the moving backmost volition entreaty the fine. 

The Texans prima cites 1 of hockey's biggest star's, McDavid, who was suspended for 3 games by the NHL connected Monday. 

McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers' captain, cross-checked Vancouver Canucks' opponent, Conor Garland, in the look past week successful a uncommon unsportsmanlike act.