Troy Aikman believes the NFL’s gambling partnerships makes it more important than ever to get calls right on the field. Aikman became somewhat of a folk hero for criticizing the officiating while calling the Kansas City Chiefs-Houston Texans matchup alongside Joe Buck during the divisional round of the NFL playoffs for ESPN.

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.

The trainer of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has reacted to the flop from his client in the fourth quarter against the Houston Texans.

Football fans noticed the same concerning-looking thing about Troy Aikman during the Texans-Chiefs playoff game.

Fame quarterback-turned broadcaster expressed immense displeasure with penalties assessed to players who try to play defense against Patrick Mahomes

With 1:41 left in the third quarter of the Chiefs' divisional-round rendezvous with the Houston Texans, a slide by Mahomes caused two Texans defenders to run into each other. The play drew a flag for unnecessary roughness, which Aikman criticized on air after rebuking a similar marginal moment earlier.

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

NFL fans were mortified by when referees levied an unnecessary roughness penalty on the Texans in the third quarter of Saturday’s AFC divisional round game against Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City — a game the Chiefs went on to win 23-14.

It's pretty rare when NFL fans agree with Troy Aikman, but during his ESPN call Saturday of the Kansas City Chiefs' playoff game against the Houston Texans there were many angry fans finding themselves on the same side as the former Dallas Cowboys star.

Troy Aikman was clearly unhappy with the performance from Clay Martin in the Chiefs-Texans division round game.

Houston's Henry To'oTo'o was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty after hitting a sliding Mahomes at the end of a play — a hit the officials deemed to be to the head and neck area of the Chiefs star.

ESPN commentator Troy Aikman in awe of Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr.'s 8-yard TFL vs. Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy in red zone.