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Mixon was given the fine for his comments
following the 23-14 loss where Houston’s defense was penalized
twice for hits on quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Appeals officer Chris Palmer said in a letter to Mixon, which
was obtained by ESPN.com, that during the hearing process on
Jan. 30 he found that Mixon “did not necessarily publicly
criticize the officials.”
When asked about the officiating after the game, Mixon said:
“everybody knows how it is playing up here.”
“You can never leave it into the refs’ hands,” Mixon said. “The
whole world sees, man, what it is. When it comes down to it, you
can never leave it into the refs’ hands. It’s all good, though.”
Palmer said in his letter to Mixon that the “integrity of the
game and its officials is the responsibility of everyone
involved in the NFL.”
“During the appeal hearing, you stated what you meant by your
statements referring to the officials,” Palmer said in the
letter. “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.”
Mixon was originally fined for a comment former Cincinnati
receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh posted on X in agreeing with the
running back, which was incorrectly attributed to Mixon in a
Sports Illustrated story.
Later on the day he was fined the NFL reissued the fine for the
comments Mixon actually made. Sports Illustrated also corrected
the error where the comment on X from Houshmandzadeh was
attributed to him.
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