Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon and defensive end Will Anderson Jr. won their appeals against the NFL after they received a $25,000 fine following the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round.
“During the appeal hearing, you stated what you meant by your statements referring to the officials,” Palmer wrote in a letter to Mixon. “As you know, statements can be interpreted differently by every individual and it seems like you clearly understand the weight and detriment of public criticism towards officials can be, given how impactful your platform is as a player, which I appreciate. Integrity of the game and its officials is the responsibility of everyone involved in the NFL. After reviewing the totality of the evidence. I find that you did not necessarily publicly criticize the officials. Accordingly for the reasons set forth above, the NFL will rescind the $25,000 fine amount.”
The fines were due to comments they made about the officiating.
“We knew it was going to be us versus the refs going into this game,” Anderson said after the divisional round game.
Mixon had similar sentiments.
“Everybody know how it is, playing up here, you can never leave it into the refs’ hands,” he said. “But I mean the whole world see what it is, bro. It is what it is. It’s all good, though.”
They were upset after the loss and there has been a lot of talk during the postseason surrounding the officials favoring the Chiefs. But, the NFL righted their wrong, which is very good news for Anderson and Mixon.
