Troy Aikman has lived the life. He's won three Super Bowls. He's interacted with - and berated and befriended - refs. And now he's a lead voice in the NFL community as the long-time analyst now on ESPN's "Monday Night Football.
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Troy Aikman was on the call for Kansas City’s Divisional Round win against the Houston Texans. The ESPN analyst was not afraid to call out officiating during the game, particularly when it came to flags thrown after Patrick Mahomes was hit.
The number of fans complaining about the officials in regards to the Kansas City Chiefs has only grown after the team punched its ticket to a fifth Super Bowl
The referees’ alleged Chiefs bias has become a hot topic this postseason, with Kansas City being on the right end of some debatable rulings.
Fox Sports will be broadcasting the big game, and they will have their top crew on the call—Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady. This will be Brady’s first time calling a Super Bowl, after signing a massive 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox after he retired from playing.
Troy Aikman isn’t known to be one who holds his tongue. And he didn’t start today with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. In Kansas City’s 23-14 divisional round win over the
Football fans noticed the same concerning-looking thing about Troy Aikman during the Texans-Chiefs playoff game.
The ESPN analyst cites betting as one reason calls are more scrutinized than ever before. 1. If you were to list the biggest story lines of the NFL’s postseason, Troy Aikman’s performance during the Texans-Chiefs divisional round playoff game on ABC/ESPN would make the cut.
It was always about control. Always has been, always will be, for as long as Jerry Jones has a breath in his body and a pulse in his trigger finger. The Dallas
Troy Aikman, Hall of Famer and ESPN’s star commentator, was one of the most talked-about voices during the NFL postseason. During the broadcast of the Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup, the former quarterback openly criticized officiating and the inconsistency in roughing-the-passer calls.
Poor officiating has been a real problem in the NFL in random spots for years. Very few people have seen it up close in person more than Pro